Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, a major cancer care provider in New York City, has hundreds of cancer specialists in its network including top-rated surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, and oncology nurses. The centers also feature patient-friendly facilities that offers a complete range of services for cancer patients and their families.

At Beth Israel Medical Center, cancer services are provided in the Beth Israel Cancer Center, located at 10 Union Square East within the Phillips Ambulatory Care Center. In one convenient location, Beth Israel’s Cancer Center provides outpatient services such as prevention, risk reduction and screening programs, expert diagnosis, and treatment. The Cancer Center's inpatient services at the Petrie Division, located on First Avenue at 16th St., provide a full range of hospital treatments and services. An interdisciplinary team — including psychiatrists, social workers, nutritionists, geneticists, chaplains, and other support staff — works to carefully coordinate each patient's care at every stage of diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. These programs are all part of the Beth Israel Cancer Center's commitment to comprehensive, patient-centered care.

Cancer treatment at Roosevelt Hospital features the Comprehensive Breast Center, which combines state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in a supportive environment. A brand-new, fully-equipped Hematology-Oncology Infusion Suite has opened at Roosevelt Hospital, featuring 17 stations in three suites, including a special, extended-length-of-stay area. In addition, multidisciplinary radiation oncology services are provided at Roosevelt Hospital. At St. Luke's Hospital, the Comprehensive Breast Service provides high-quality care for breast cancer.

The Othmer Cancer Center at Long Island College Hospital provides cancer patients with the highest level of diagnostic and therapeutic oncology care in a personal and supportive setting. It is the first in Brooklyn to offer a broad array of comprehensive clinical services in conjunction with pioneering applied clinical research. Patients receive comprehensive care provided by a strong multi-disciplinary team through ongoing research in cancer genetics, cancer radio-sensitizers, cancer cell flow cytometry, stem cells and natural killer cells in cancer.

At the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, oncology services focus on cancer of the head and neck. In particular, treatment of eye tumors requiring complex surgical and radiation oncology techniques is offered, as well as treatment for other tumors in the head and neck region.

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