Our physicians founded the Southeast Nebraska Cancer Center as a community-based clinic that provides medical and radiation oncology in one location. We offer an in-house laboratory, PET and CT scanner and pharmacy, all located in a comforting place, where advanced medicine and compassion meet. Receiving all of these services from one team eases stress on patients and families, and can lessen the impact on daily living schedules.
We have 9 dedicated physicians and a support staff that is unparalleled. When cancer impacts your life, we are here for you.
Our offices will be closed on the following dates to allow our staff to celebrate the holidays with family and friends.
Thanksgiving: Closed Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25
Christmas: Closed Monday, December 26
New Year’s: Closed Monday, January 2
Check it out! Our Team members are involved in fun activities, fundraising and family events. We invite you to enjoy our photos and announcements.
May 17, 2011
Dr. Nathan Green Elected to LLS Board of Trustees
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Nebraska Chapter announces Dr. Nathan Green from the Southeast Nebraska Cancer Center has been elected to the Nebraska Chapter’s Board of Trustees. LLS is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. They offer a variety of programs and services in support of its Mission. One of their major awareness and fundraising events, Light The Night, will be held at Holmes Lake on Thursday, September 22, 2011. Southeast Nebraska Cancer Center is the presenting sponsor for the event.
If you are experiencing a true, life-threatening emergency, call 911. Call our office only after you have made arrangements to get to the Emergency Room.
Our nurses return calls during business hours as time permits. If the matter is urgent, please tell our phone operator so that the nurse can confer with you in the timeliest manner possible. Please understand that calls for test results and prescription refills will be returned after urgent patient needs are met.
We ask that you remember that physicians’ schedules are long and demanding. It may be late in the afternoon after all patients are seen, or sometimes the following day before non-emergency phone calls are returned.
If you feel you need us, we want to hear from you. Please use this guide as to when you should make your phone call:
Call Anytime – Day or Night – If
- Fever of 100.5 degrees Fahrenheit or greater
- Uncontrollable nausea or diarrhea
- Pain medication is not working
- Chest pains or shortness of breath
- Severe shaking or chills
- Bleeding from the nose or gums
- Blood in the urine
- Black, tarry bowel movement
- Severe diarrhea
- Constipation with intense abdominal cramping
- Changes in your vision or hearing
- Increased bruising or pinpoint red or purple spots anywhere on the body
Call During Regular Office Hours
Monday-Friday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
- If you have questions about your medication, treatment or side effects
- If you’re having nutrition problems
- If you need a prescription refilled
- Please call by 3 pm and have your pharmacy’s phone number
- For narcotics such as Percocet, MS Contin or Oxycontin, plan to either come into the office for a written prescription or allow 5 days for the written prescription to be mailed. By law, your pharmacy must have a written prescription. No narcotic prescriptions can be written on weekends.
- For lab tests or scans, please know that results usually take:
- Scans: 48-72 hours
- Tumor markers: 72 hours
- Bone marrow: 7-10 days
- Pathology Reports: 3-5 days
- If you’ve heard about a new treatment
- If you notice new numbness or tingling of fingers or toes
After clinic hours and during weekends or holidays, an answering service takes our calls and forwards them to the medical provider on call. There is always someone available to help you and answer your questions.
We see patients at all four Lincoln hospitals:
- BryanLGH East
- BryanLGH West
- Nebraska Heart Hospital
- Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center
A weekly rotation schedule is used for the physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners to see patients in the hospital. Because of this you might not see your physician while you are in the hospital.
