Entrepreneur Richard Stephenson, who vowed to create a patient-centered cancer program after his mother lost her battle with cancer, founded Cancer Treatment Centers of America in 1988. There are four comprehensive cancer hospitals in our system, in Zion,Illinois with 95 acute care beds located midpoint between Chicago and Milwaukee, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Philadelphia, Pennsyvania and our newest location in the West Valley of Phoenix, Arizona.
The integration of traditional medicine with scientifically based alternative and complementary medicine, offered in a patient-centered environment has made CTCA one of the fastest growing cancer centers in America. CTCA at Midwestern Regional Center is located in the far northern suburbs of Chicago. Lake County has one of the fastest growing and most productive populations in the U.S. As part of the Chicago metro area it offers excellent schools and access to major universities, including Northwestern, Rush, University of Chicago, Loyola, and University of Illinois, Chicago. In addition, Chicago boasts a world famous symphony, opera, theater,and The Art Institute of Chicago. And of course, Chicago is home to many professional and college sports teams. Ease of travel in an advantage with Chicago O'Hare International Airport offering more connections to more cities, more often than any other airport in the world. CTCA at Midwestern Regional Center offers surgery, radiation, including our new Tomotherapy developed at the University of Wisconsin and chemotherapy. We offer advanced techniques in breast cancer surgery, GI malignancies including radio frequency ablation and inter arterial chemotherapy. With a team a specialists to provide nutritional guidance, mind-body medicine, spiritual support, our medical oncologists can give their patients the integrative care that they want and deserve.