Ascension Via Christi, Wichita
Learn more about Ascension Via Christi, Wichita and its role as a Masonic Cancer Alliance Community Partner.
The region's leader in cancer treatment, Via Christi Health features Wichita's only cancer program accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and the Foundation for Accreditation for Cellular Therapy.
With their precise da Vinci® robotic surgery system, recoveries are usually measured in days not weeks. Tiny, minimally invasive entry points replace traditional open-surgery incisions. Most patients recover dramatically quicker and experience less pain.
The AscensionVia Christi Cancer Institute is the area's only dedicated inpatient treatment center specifically for cancer - offering comprehensive and integrated therapies, clinical trials and genetic testing, as well as spiritual support.
Via Christi Hospital in Wichita offers the very latest in stereotactic radiosurgery. The 4,000-square-foot CyberKnife® Center, which opened in 2006 next to the Via Christi Cancer Center on the St. Francis campus in Wichita, is one of the region's premier cancer programs.
Cancer research never stops, with new breakthroughs being made nearly every day. But such discoveries aren't just being made in major metropolitan hospitals far from Kansas. They're being made in clinical trials conducted at the Via Christi Cancer Institute.