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New Patients and Family Information

If you or someone you care for has been diagnosed with cancer, you probably many questions and we hope this information will help you get started on the path to recovery. We are here to help care for you and to help you fight your cancer. We are always available for a question or a concern.

Here, you’re a person first, then a patient. We’ll soon know your name. We’ll know your family and your stories. We’ll be here to help you through this.

We offer academic quality medicine with access to board-certified specialists and comprehensive research programs. At the same time, we provide highly personalized care in a community hospital setting. Ask our patients and they’ll tell you: “Cancer care at Missouri Baptist Medical Center is unlike anyplace else.”

We’ll create a personalized treatment and recovery plan just for you. And, we’ll help you and your family understand your cancer and your options.  

How to make an appointment

Call for a medical oncology appointment at 314-996-5510 or toll-free 1-800-933-6247, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

To reach our radiation oncology department, please call 314-996-5729.

During this telephone call, which may take about 30 minutes, our staff will ask you questions about your physicians, any surgeries you have had and your insurance information.

At this time, we also will schedule your first appointment.

Your first visit

Please arrive 15 minutes before your appointment to allow time to complete some general registration information. Bring a list of your medications and the actual pill bottles, if possible.

If you have had X-rays or other imaging studies taken at a non-BJC hospital, please obtain the actual images and bring them with you to your first appointment.

The Cancer and Infusion Center located next to the Emergency Department entrance. Take the elevator at this entrance down one floor directly to the Cancer Center waiting room.  

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