About Oncology Services at CMC
At Catholic Medical Center, we know how frightening it can be if you, or someone you love, has cancer. We offer full inpatient oncology services, including diagnosis, medical and surgical interventions, chemotherapy, pain management, palliative care, and hospice care. We also have outpatient services that offer blood transfusions, medical treatment, and diagnostic workup as well as wellness programs, including an oncology exercise program and support groups. Just as important, we have a team of professionals that will provide you with the information and support you need to face this disease. The nursing and clinical staffs work very closely with oncologists, hematologist, surgeons, radiologists and primary care physicians associated with Catholic Medical Center.
Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Catholic Medical Center
Norris Cotton Cancer Center is located in the Notre Dame Pavilion on the campus of Catholic Medical Center and is open for medical oncology and infusion services at the Notre Dame Pavilion. To schedule an appointment, call 629.1828. As one of only 41 National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the U.S., and the only cancer center to hold this distinction in New Hampshire, Norris Cotton Cancer Center provides Manchester-area patients the best care, in the right place, at the right time, every time.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Catholic Medical Center (CMC) brings research-based cancer care to southern New Hampshire. In addition to treating all forms of cancer, Norris Cotton Cancer Center at CMC offers access to clinical trials, where patients can help us research new treatments for cancer, and to on-site chemotherapy.
Patients will continue to have full access to all programs offered by Norris Cotton Cancer Center, including a research-based clinical care environment, research knowledge, clinical trials, broad access to cancer specialists and interdisciplinary teams of physician specialists—a new model for cancer care delivery that brings several cancer specialists for a particular type of cancer together at one time and greatly improves patient-centered care. All chemotherapy is delivered on-site and is prepared in-house by specially trained pharmacists.
This location allows Norris Cotton Cancer Center to provide a more complete array of inpatient and outpatient medical oncology services—from onsite clinical laboratory services, to supportive services such as dieticians, chaplains, social workers, and care managers—in one convenient location. Surgery and radiation therapy is coordinated with a patient's primary care physician and local healthcare facilities. For patients who may need surgery and/or radiation therapy, we coordinate treatment with local hospitals, or with the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Norris Cotton Cancer Center's partnership with Catholic Medical Center reinforces its presence in Manchester and helps patients stay close to home in New Hampshire for their cancer care, even if they require advanced and specialized care or treatment as part of a clinical trial. Through our partnership with Catholic Medical Center, Norris Cotton Cancer Center can fulfill its commitment to a larger number of people in the communities it serves, by bringing the power of evidence-based cancer care and clinical trials to Manchester, where more patients and families can access them.
The Notre Dame Pavilion is right across the street from CMC at 87 McGregor Street in Manchester, close to other services our patients may require, convenient to the highway, and with ample parking in a new parking garage.
Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Catholic Medical Center
Notre Dame Pavilion, 4th Floor
87 McGregor Street
Manchester, NH 03102
603-629-1828
National Accreditation
The Cancer Program at Catholic Medical Center has been approved by the American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer since 1976. The Cancer Registry, a required element for accreditation, is responsible for accurate and timely collection of cancer patient data, which allows for evaluation of patient outcomes and identification of opportunities for improvement. Another component of the registry is to provide long-term follow-up of patients, therefore encouraging clinical follow-up and surveillance of additional primaries. This is done on an annual basis.