Since 1988, St. Dominic Comprehensive Cancer Program has introduced some of the most promising, leading-edge treatment options available right here in central Mississippi. As pioneers in cancer treatment, St. Dominic’s opened central Mississippi’s first freestanding cancer center in 1997.
Starting in 2005, St. Dominic’s began offering clinical trials for women with gynecologic cancer, giving patients access to the newest or alternative forms of treatment for their complex conditions closer to home.
In 2006 St. Dominic’s introduced the area’s first computer-aided detection for breast MRI and was the first to offer women in the Mississippi-Louisiana-Arkansas region a minimally invasive radical hysterectomy through the da Vinci robotic system.
St. Dominic’s was the first hospital in the state to offer RapidArc radiation therapy in 2009, which uses image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) to deliver some of the most advanced and precise radiation available. The Cancer Center now provides HyperArc, the latest in advanced stereotactic radiosurgery technology with a TrueBeam linear accelerator.
St. Dominic’s has repeatedly received accreditation with Gold Level Commendation by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. The program also received the Commission on Cancer’s highest honor, the Outstanding Achievement Award in 2009, 2015 and 2018, making St. Dominic’s the only hospital in Mississippi to have received this award three times.
In 2013, St. Dominic’s opened Hands of Hope Mastectomy Boutique. The first of its kind in the Jackson area, this boutique provides products and services, such as mastectomy bra fittings and caps and scarves, uniquely tailored for cancer therapy patients and survivors.
In 2017, St. Dominic’s was recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of 100 hospitals and health systems in the nation with great oncology programs.
A Lasting Impact
With countless awards, such as the 2023 Catholic Charities Samaritan Award, the HealthStream Excellence Through Insight Award for radiation therapy, two accreditations for breast biopsy that helped St. Dominic’s Center for Women’s Health become an ACR Designated Breast Imaging Center, and many other achievements, St. Dominic Comprehensive Cancer Program has established itself as a hospital with a lasting positive impact on the community.
Much of their success is thanks to a multidisciplinary and compassionate team focused on individualized patient care with improved outcomes.
“Our Cancer Center team members address the cancer patients’ needs and take care of them as if they were family,” says Mechale Mayfield, Oncology Service Line Administrator.
St. Dominic’s team members provide more than just a service to each patient. They offer warmth, compassionate hearts, words of encouragement and most importantly, hope.
