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To contact us with questions or to make an appointment, please call
763-236-5600.

The cover of Simple Talks for Tough Times Talking with Children about Cancer shows an elephant walking with a mouse who is holding a large yellow flower.

Talking with children
about cancer

If you need to tell a child about your cancer diagnosis, ask for Simple Talks for Tough Times by Marcia Carlson, social worker at Virginia Piper Cancer Institute – Unity Hospital. The book is available at no cost.

Virginia Piper Cancer Institute®

Patients and their families are the heart and soul of the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute. We believe every patient deserves the best technology and compassionate staff, in an environment that focuses on their needs.

At the Institute, your care team includes physician specialists and health care professionals working with you to create a treatment plan that fits your life. Our team combines current technology and treatment methods with clinical research and trials, cancer screening, genetic counseling and integrative therapies, in a north metro location that is close to home.

Cancer care at Unity Hospital is nationally recognized for quality. We have been designated a Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by the Commission on Cancer We are also accredited by the American College of Surgeon's Commission on Cancer and are 2007 and 2009 recipients of the CoC's Outstanding Achievement Award, placing Unity in the top 18 percent of programs nation-wide.

Our approach

Our comprehensive approach to cancer care ensures the best possible care for our patients today and improves the care of future patients. Physicians and nurses from a wide range of disciplines work together in disease-specific teams to diagnose and treat your cancer.

Disease-specific teams
Coordinated care
Ongoing research
Leading-edge technology and treatments

Specialty cancer programs and services

Cancer genetics counseling

In the news

Virginia Piper Cancer Institute leader says colon cancer rates decreasing

Timothy Sielaff is a surgeon

Minnesota's colon cancer rate has been decreasing over the past 10 years, says Tim Sielaff, MD, president, Virginia Piper Cancer Institute. But as many as 800 Minnesotans die from colon cancer each year.

Dr. Sielaff talked about colon cancer, screening and treatment on KARE-TV's Morning Show. See the interview on kare11.com.