The Voorhees office is Fox Chase's first in New Jersey.
Fox Chase Cancer Center says about 20 percent of the 14,000 new patients it sees annually live in New Jersey.Fox Chase Cancer Center is opening its first New Jersey office in an effort to provide more convenient care to patients living across the Delaware River.It will offer treatment for urological cancers, plastic and reconstructive surgery services, and radiation oncology consultations.
Fox Chase is one of two Philadelphia institutions designated as a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute for its excellence in laboratory, clinical, behavioral, and population-based cancer research. Abramson Cancer Center at University of Pennsylvania is also among the 54 such institutes with the NCI’s highest distinction.
Fox Chase’s Philadelphia locations see about 14,000 new patients a year, 20% of whom live in New Jersey. “We are very excited to now be able to offer care closer to home for these patients,” Robert Uzzo, president and CEO of Fox Chase, said in a statement.
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