Cancer Care

Research Medical Center provides comprehensive cancer care including prevention and education, screening, diagnosis, and treatment and recovery. Our expertise is focused on:

 

Emergency Care

If you are currently having a medical emergency, call 911.

Rapid medical evaluations are fast, thorough, and complete.

We’re open all the time—not all emergencies are 9-to-5.

Heart Care

Many of our specialists joined the Research Medical Center team from Harvard, Stanford and the Mayo Clinic. They diagnose and treat heart conditions including:

We offer specialized programs and technologies to treat heart problems:

Women

Research Medical Center provides comprehensive care for women from pre-pregnancy through childbirth.

We want you to be happy, healthy and comfortable when you welcome the newest member of your family in our newly renovated women’s unit. Tours available.

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  • Research Medical Center Featured in US News & World Report
  • July 27, 2010
  • Gold Plus stroke careResearch Medical Center has been recognized for achievement in using evidence-based guidelines to provide the best possible care to patients through The American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® program. Read More
  • HCA Midwest Health System Launches iTriage
  • July 19, 2010
  • Call it power to the people, a lifeline or one giant step forward for personal, proactive healthcare today as HCA Midwest Health System, Kansas City’s largest healthcare network, launches the revolutionary iTriage application for smartphones. HCA Midwest, in partnership with Lakewood, Col.-based Healthagen, is making available the first free healthcare information software product which allows patients to have up-to-date and instantaneous medical information literally in their hands. Read More
  • Sarah Bloom Joins HCA Midwest Health System as Chief Information Officer
  • July 19, 2010
  • HCA Midwest Health System announces Sarah Bloom has joined the health system as chief information officer. Bloom comes to HCA Midwest from HCA’s corporate office in Nashville, where she has served as director of field operations since 2007. Read More
  • RMC Sponsors Free Prostate and Colon Cancer Screenings
  • May 28, 2010
  • Research Medical Center, part of HCA Midwest Health System, will sponsor free prostate and colon cancer screenings from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. Read More
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  • Stroke Support Group
  • July 21, 2010 from 3:00PM to 4:00PM
  • A support group for survivors of stroke and their families and/or caregivers. To register, call Jennifer Parreira at (816) 276-3946.

  • Location: Research Medical Center: Multispecialty Clinic (A-level)
  • Stroke Support Group
  • August 18, 2010 from 3:00PM to 4:00PM
  • A support group for survivors of stroke and their families and/or caregivers. To register, call Jennifer Parreira at (816) 276-3946.

  • Location: Research Medical Center: Multispecialty Clinic (A-level)
  • Stroke Support Group
  • September 15, 2010 from 3:00PM to 4:00PM
  • A support group for survivors of stroke and their families and/or caregivers. To register, call Jennifer Parreira at (816) 276-3946.

  • Location: Research Medical Center: Multispecialty Clinic (A-level)
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  • Prostate Screening
  • October 6, 2010 from 4:00PM to 6:00PM
  • To register please call (816) 751-3775. Screenings are done via PSA blood draw. More info.

  • Location: Cancer Center, West Entrance
  • Colon Screening
  • October 6, 2010 from 4:00PM to 6:00PM
  • To register please call (816) 751-3775. Screenings are done via Hemocult cards. More info.

  • Location: Cancer Center, West Entrance
  • Breast Cancer Screening
  • October 6, 2010 from 4:00PM to 6:00PM
  • To register please call (816) 751-3775. Walk-in appointments available. More info.

  • Location: Cancer Center, West Entrance
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  • Facing Cancer Together (Support Seminar)
  • October 20, 2010 from 5:00PM to 7:00PM
  • To register please call (816) 751-3775. Walk-ins welcome.

  • Location: Adams Room
  • Facing Cancer Together (Support Seminar)
  • August 25, 2010 from 5:00PM to 7:00PM
  • To register please call (816) 751-3775. Walk-ins welcome.

  • Location: Adams Room
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Mia LyonsMia Lyon - being told that you have a brain tumor can make time stand still. And defeating the tumor can lead to one of life’s greatest lessons: staying positive in the face of adversity.

Mia Lyons, a Kansas City resident whose positive attitude is a way of life, was diagnosed in 2007 with a benign brain tumor called a meningioma.  The second most primary tumor of the central nervous system, meningiomas are slow-growing, occur more frequently in women than men and are usually benign.

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