Cancer. It is a single word that has the power to impact lives in profoundly different ways. At Methodist Health System, we work every day to find new treatments for cancer and improve early detection.

I’d like you to meet three remarkable people. Steve Wiemeyer lost his larynx and his natural voice to head and neck cancer. Matthew Twit was diagnosed with brain cancer at age 22 after a nearly three-year struggle to obtain the correct diagnosis. And Jean Copeland’s lung cancer was found early because, at her doctor’s urging, she took the I-ELCAP Lung Look Test.

Like you, we are inspired by these individuals and we respond by investing in new capabilities and equipment. At Methodist Hospital, we’ve recently added a four-arm da Vinci Surgical System robot for minimally-invasive surgical procedures with fewer adverse effects, and we’re proud that Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center (MECC) offers a study for the early detection of lung cancer, the only study site in the region. Jennie Edmundson Hospital continues expanding cancer care for communities in southwest Iowa by adding a state-of-the-art CT scanner at the Glenwood location. A new radiation oncology record and verify software system will be installed at the Hospital later this fall.

We are committed to providing the best cancer treatment possible. In addition to cancer care offered at Jennie Edmundson and Methodist Hospitals, we will soon provide radiation oncology services at the new West Dodge Medical Building, near 160th & W. Dodge Road.

Across Methodist Health System, we are dedicated to making a difference in the fight against cancer.





John M. Fraser
President and CEO
Methodist Health System


I have just finished reading Never Surrender — A Novel of Winston Churchill, by Michael Dobbs. The patients you will meet in these pages, like Churchill, persevered through overwhelming challenges. We are honored to tell their stories.