As an innovator in the oncology field, Green Bay Oncology has created a solid financial counseling program to ensure that no patients have to carry the financial burden that may accompany a cancer diagnosis by themselves. By sharing our story, the financial counseling team hopes other cancer programs can benefit from our experiences to either… Continue reading

Dear Cancer Patient, You probably thought this day would never come, but you’re finally finishing treatment. Well done! You probably expected to feel only relief, but don’t be surprised if it’s mixed with a little anxiety. Treatment can become a kind of security blanket, a trusted shield against the cancer – and now it’s going away.… Continue reading

Dear Cancer Patient, Treatment’s been underway for a while now. As things have gotten a little more routine, you might have noticed your worries have shifted. See at first, most people are scared of the treatment itself, worrying about nausea and infection and every possible side effect under the sun. But when those things don’t… Continue reading

WHEREAS, 1 in 3 of Green Bay’s residents will develop cancer during their lifetimes, driving a need for expert cancer care in our community; and WHEREAS, on August 1, 1976 Dr. Paul Koch founded Green Bay Oncology, the region’s first specialty oncology practice; and WHEREAS, Green Bay Oncology carries on Dr. Paul Koch’s legacy to… Continue reading

It would be a lie of omission to only say this cause is important to me professionally. It is not just that. This is a daily part of my life. My mother was the kindest, most thoughtful, and loving person I have ever known...read more.… Continue reading

Dear Cancer Patient, You’ve always hoped never to meet someone like me, but now the unthinkable has happened. Maybe you noticed a lump or a cough, or maybe a routine X-ray turned out to be not so routine after all. You’ve probably spent weeks, maybe months, wondering what was going on and what it all… Continue reading

The last time I saw her, we both knew what was about to happen. We'd talked for years about the arrival of this day, not knowing exactly when it would come or what it would look like. Over four years we were gentle but nervous partners in a peculiar dance. … Continue reading

Pancreatic cancer really pisses me off. I’ve known too many good people struck down too early by it, and in two generations we haven’t really improved cure rates significantly. Besides being highly resistant to most forms of chemotherapy, pancreatic cancer is almost never diagnosed at an early stage. By the time patients develop the typical… Continue reading

As fruitful as genetic research has been in oncology – and will continue to be – it might be that we’re playing to our enemy’s strengths. Sun Tzu would shudder. For starters, the genetic code of even a single cancer cell is unfathomably complex. Second, not all cancer cells in an individual patient are identical… Continue reading