Cancer Care Center

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The Cancer Care Center at Bronson Battle Creek is one of Michigan’s finest cancer treatment facilities. Superbly equipped to combat cancer, your Cancer Care Center capabilities range from early detection including sophisticated PET, CT, MRI, ultrasonic, and nuclear scanning equipment to a full spectrum of cancer treatment including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery, and supportive care.

Today, most area cancer patients no longer have to endure added physical and emotional discomfort by having to travel elsewhere for the latest treatments. Comprehensive quality cancer care is available to us all right here in Southwest Michigan.

For those rare cancer cases, which require extreme therapy or radical surgery, the physicians of The Cancer Care Center at Bronson Battle Creek have well-established referral relationships with other leading cancer institutes and can arrange and expedite your care needs.

To learn more about your Cancer Care Center, please select from the topics of interest listed below.

Overview – How others grade the services available for cancer patients and their families at Bronson Battle Creek.

Patient Guide to The Cancer Care Center – Effective cancer care is a team effort involving the patient, his/her physician, diagnosticians, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgeons, rehabilitation therapists, nutritionists, and pastoral care counselors.

ACoS Designation – Bronson Battle Creek’s receipt of the Outstanding Achievement Award for the second time and its designation as a Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons is another in a series of milestones and important health ‘firsts’ for our community. The Cancer Care Center is one of only two hospitals in Michigan to receive this designation and one of only 95 nationwide.

World’s Most Advanced Cancer Treatment Comes to Bronson Battle Creek Cancer Center – Cutting-edge technology using computer-generated images help to plan and focus cancer-killing energy on the tumor, reducing effects of doses on surrounding healthy tissues.

Biographies of Cancer Care Physicians at Bronson Battle Creek – meet the physicians who are dedicated to helping you fight and win your battle against cancer.

Cancer Support Groups:

Breast Cancer Survivors
Fourth Thursday of each month, call (269) 274-5084

Cancer - Lifeguard
First Thursday of each month, call (269) 245-8056

Colon Cancer & Ostomy
Third Wednesday of each month, call (269) 720-6814

Look Good, Feel Better
First Thursday of each month, call (269) 245-8647
Cosmetic advice to women receiving cancer treatment. Reservation required.

Jeffrey P. Letzer, D.O.
Medical Oncology & Hematology
The Cancer Care Center

Bronson Battle Creek welcomes Jeffrey P. Letzer, D.O., as he joins the Bronson Battle Creek medical staff.  He is affiliated with Mercy Community Physicians, a multi-specialty practice, and will be working from The Cancer Care Center at Bronson Battle Creek.

A graduate of the College of William and Mary, Dr. Letzer earned his medical degree at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.  He completed his residency in internal medicine from Doctors Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.  He received fellowships from Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center in hematology and from Loyola University Medical Center in medical oncology, both in Chicago.

Dr. Letzer has published his research under the titles of ‘How to treat the patient with relapsed NHL,’ ‘Hodgkin's disease,’ ‘Perifosine in ... second- or third-line metastatic colon cancer,’ and ‘Scurvy ... in the 21st century,’ to name a few.  He has had six abstract or article publications within the last two years.

Dr. Letzer is a board certified Diplomate in medical oncology, hematology, and internal medicine.  He serves as a clinical investigator for the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, the National Cancer Institute, and the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, and has been a principal investigator in numerous pharmaceutical research protocols.

He is a member of American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, American and Michigan Osteopathic Associations, and the Michigan Society of Hematology & Oncology.

Jeffrey P. Letzer, D.O.
Medical Oncology & Hematology
The Cancer Care Center
Bronson Battle Creek
300 North Avenue
Battle Creek, MI  49017
(269) 966-8660

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