{"id":99505,"date":"2026-06-16T03:20:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T07:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=99505"},"modified":"2026-06-23T08:38:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:38:37","slug":"eleanor-n-dana-cancer-center-now-offering-saturday-infusion-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/06_16_2026\/eleanor-n-dana-cancer-center-now-offering-saturday-infusion-appointments","title":{"rendered":"Eleanor N. Dana Cancer Center Now Offering Saturday Infusion Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Eleanor N. Dana Cancer Center at UToledo Health is now offering Saturday infusion appointments, expanding access for patients receiving intravenous cancer therapies and other infusion-based treatments. Appointments are available beginning Saturday, July 11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimply put, your fight doesn\u2019t take weekends off, and neither should access to the care and support that can make a difference,\u201d said Chris Seilhamer, administrative director of the Eleanor N. Dana Cancer Center. \u201cExpanding infusion services to Saturdays ensures that patients have greater access to the treatments they need, when they need them most.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_99506\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99506\" class=\"wp-image-99506\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cancer-Treatment-File.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a patient receiving cancer treatment from a nurse.\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cancer-Treatment-File.jpg 748w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cancer-Treatment-File-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-99506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Eleanor N. Dana Cancer Center at UToledo Health is now offering Saturday infusion appointments, expanding access for patients receiving intravenous cancer therapies and other infusion-based treatments.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The expanded Saturday hours are designed to give patients greater scheduling flexibility \u2014 allowing them to receive treatment without taking time away from work, family or other daily responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday appointments are available for patients across all cancer types and disease stages, including those receiving neoadjuvant therapy, adjuvant therapy and treatment for metastatic disease. Saturday clinician visits are also available, including follow-up visits and symptom and toxicity evaluations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdding the option for weekend infusion therapy for some of our patients allows expanded accessibility for our community outside of typical weekday hours,\u201d said medical oncologist Dr. Danae Hamouda. \u201cWeekend availability allows patients the option to receive necessary treatment without interrupting work or weekday commitments and may help our patients maintain timely and consistent essential infusion-related medical treatments for cancer and other chronic diseases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cancer center provides advanced, comprehensive care for a wide range of malignancies including breast, colorectal, lung and prostate cancers, as well as lymphoma and leukemia. The infusion center also offers non-oncology infusion therapies for patients managing Crohn&#8217;s disease, ulcerative colitis, cardiovascular disease and allergies.<\/p>\n<p>To refer a patient or schedule an appointment, call 419.383.6644. Appointments are now being scheduled for July 11 and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/06_16_2026\/eleanor-n-dana-cancer-center-now-offering-saturday-infusion-appointments\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cancer-Treatment-File-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of a patient receiving cancer treatment from a nurse.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>The expanded scheduling aims to reduce disruptions to patients&#8217; work, family and daily responsibilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":932,"featured_media":99506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,58,1,7,63],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/932"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99505"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99599,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99505\/revisions\/99599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}