Our Services

Providence Thoracic Oncology Program

Providence Thoracic Oncology Program provides services, including comprehensive consultation and treatment, second opinions, access to cancer clinical trials; phone, web, or e-mail consultations, and collaboration with referring physicians.  Find information on our multidisciplinary Lung Cancer Clinic.


  • Bronchoscopy

    Bronchoscopy is a procedure doctors use to look at the airways leading to the lungs. During bronchoscopy, a thin, lighted instrument (bronchoscope) is...
    More »

  • Bullectomy/repair

    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) weakens the structure of the lung and may also damage the tiny air sacs (alveoli) in the lung. When these...
    More »

  • Cancer support groups

    Cancer support groups provide education and support for cancer patients and their loved ones. Support groups are led by our professional staff and a...
    More »

  • Cancer treatment plan and summary

    The American Society of Clinical Oncologists recommends cancer patients receive a treatment plan and summary. The treatment plan includes a personaliz...
    More »

  • Chemotherapy

    Chemotherapy is the use of medicine to destroy cancer cells. Chemotherapy is called a systemic treatment because the medicines enter the bloodstream...
    More »

  • Computed tomography (CT) scan

    CT scans, also known as CAT scans, obtain multiple cross-sectional images of the body by using special X-rays and computer enhancement to create an im...
    More »

  • Decortication

    Pleurectomy and decortication is surgery to remove part of the covering of the lungs and lining of the chest and part of the outside surface of the lu...
    More »

  • Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)

    Endobronchial ultrasound is a less invasive alternative to mediastinoscopy for diagnosing and staging thoracic malignancies like lung cancer. End...
    More »

  • Endoscopic ultrasound

    Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). In this test, a small ultrasound probe at the end of the endoscope is placed down the throat to the chest area. The ultra...
    More »

  • Esophageal surgery

    Surgery is the most common treatment for cancer of the esophagus. Part of the esophagus may be removed in an operation called an esophagectomy. A port...
    More »

  • Gamma Knife Perfexion

    Gamma Knife is the most advanced radiosurgical tool available to treat a variety of brain lesions and disorders, including cancers of the brain. ...
    More »

  • Lung biopsy

    A lung biopsy removes a small piece of lung tissue which can be looked at under a microscope. The biopsy can be done in 4 ways. The method used depend...
    More »

  • Lung surgery (thoracotomy)

    Surgery to remove all or part of a lung involves making a cut on one side of your chest (thorax) during a procedure called a thoracotomy. Surgery that...
    More »

  • Mediastinoscopy

    Mediastinoscopy is a surgical procedure to examine the inside of the upper chest between and in front of the lungs (mediastinum). During a mediastino...
    More »

  • Magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA)

    A magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA) uses a magnetic field and pulses of radio wave energy to make pictures of blood vessels inside the body. It is a ...
    More »

  • Multidisciplinary cancer care

    The evidence-based, multidisciplinary team approach to patient care at Providence Cancer Center is creating hope and changing lives for many people ...
    More »

  • Neo-adjuvant therapy

    Chemotherapy may be given before (neoadjuvant) or after (adjuvant) surgery to destroy any cancer cells....
    More »

  • Oncology social work

    Oncology social workers assess the needs of cancer patients. They can facilitate communication with the health care team, provide emotional support an...
    More »

  • Positron emission tomography

    Positron emission tomography (PET) is a test that uses a special type of camera and a tracer (radioactive chemical) to look at organs in the body. The...
    More »

  • Pulmonary stent placement

    An endoscope is a thin, tube-like instrument used to look at tissues inside the body. An endoscope has a light and a lens for viewing and may be used ...
    More »

  • Radiation therapy

    External beam radiation therapy treatment, also called x-ray therapy, is directed at the tumor from a machine located away from your body, usually a l...
    More »

  • Radiofrequency ablation

    Radiofrequency ablation is the use of a special probe with tiny electrodes that kill cancer cells. Sometimes the probe is inserted directly through th...
    More »

  • Sleeve lobectomy

    Lobectomy: Surgery to remove a whole lobe (section) of the lung. Sleeve resection: Surgery to remove part of the bronchus....
    More »

  • Stereotactic radiosurgery

    Stereotactic radiosurgery is a type of radiation therapy that uses a rigid head frame attached to the skull to aim high-dose radiation beams directly ...
    More »

  • Thymus surgery

    Surgery to remove the tumor is the most common treatment of thymoma....
    More »

  • Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)

    A video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) may be done before or instead of a thoracotomy. This procedure involves inserting a long, thin tube (vid...
    More »

  • Clinical trials, cancer

    Clinical trials are research studies in which people help doctors and researchers find ways to improve health care. Each study tries to answer scienti...
    More »

  • Providence Lung Cancer Clinic eConsult

    Providence Lung Cancer Clinic team members have launched a new service at no charge to providers.  Referring providers may collaborate with our thorac...
    More »

  • Lung cancer screening

    Watch a video featuring Dr. Michael Skokan, pulmonary medical director, Providence Lung Cancer Clinic, describing the need for lung cancer screening...
    More »