About BCI

Baptist Cancer Institute (BCI) is northeast Florida's most comprehensive center and a leader in cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and research. BCI has the most oncology research trials in the region. Baptist Cancer Institute is an approved cancer program fulfilling the requirements of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and the Association of Community Cancer Centers.

We are committed to providing comprehensive, professional services to our community in a comfortable, patient-centered treatment facility. Our physicians, nurses, staff, and volunteers share a dedication to comprehensive, professional services and supporting every patient's right to a full and healthy life with compassionate, dignified care.

The center is supported by a network of diagnostic, laboratory, x-ray, and treatment facilities, featuring an electron microscope, state-of-the art CAT scanners, Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), an ambulatory chemotherapy unit for outpatient administration of cancer drugs, and an oncology inpatient unit. In addition, there are numerous support services available, including dietary and nutritional instruction, social services, pastoral services, home health care with visiting nurses, and physical therapy.

BCI provides the following services to help prevent or treat cancer:

Buddy Check (breast examination program) Breast Health Clinical Research (Adult and (Children) Early Detection - Prostate Cancer Educational Materials & Newsletters Gamma Knife Genetic Risk Assessment - Breast and Ovarian Cancer Cancer Risk Assessment Program - various types Gynecologic Oncology Mammography and Imaging Centers Otolaryngology (ENT) - Head and Neck Surgery Pastoral Care Prostate Cancer Screening Prostate Care Psychological Services Radiation Oncology Smoking Cessation Program Tumor Registry

Baptist Cancer Institute was the first in the region to offer frameless stereotactic radiotherapy/radiosurgery for brain lesions, and now is the home to the only Gamma Knife Center between Orlando and Atlanta. The Center is also the nexus of a referral hub for total skin electron therapy for a rare lymphoma type known as mycosis fungoides. We perform nearly all the pediatric radiation therapy in the region, and are an approved site for Total Body Irradiation (TBI) for both pediatric and adult patients undergoing bone marrow transplants. We have also pioneered the used of intravenous radioactive medicines to hunt down cancers via the bloodstream.