Recent Posts in Cancer Care

Feb 2, 2023 - In Cancer Care Personalizing Breast Cancer Treatment

Clara Maass Medical Center offers treatment options based on tumor type. Maria J. Kowzun, MD, FACS For a disease as personal as breast cancer , it’s fitting that, now more than ever before, treatments can be personalized. “We want to provide patients with ...

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Jan 31, 2023 - In Cancer Care National Leader in Thoracic Surgery Appointed to Expanded Role at RWJBarnabas Health; Enhancing Innovative Cancer Care and Research

West Orange, N.J., January 31, 2023 - Richard S. Lazzaro, MD, FACS , a board-certified thoracic surgeon with 25 years of specialized experience in minimally invasive and robotic surgery, has been named to the expanded position of Chief of Thoracic Surgery ...

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Jan 24, 2023 - In Cancer Care Investigators Explore Impact of Cigarette Smoking and Alcohol Consumption on Black Breast Cancer Survivors

Investigators from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, together with RWJBarnabas Health, found that a higher risk of mortality in Black breast cancer survivors is ...

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Jan 23, 2023 - In Cancer Care Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital’s Breast Care Connection Granted Accredited Status From the American College of Surgeons

(New Brunswick, NJ) - The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a quality program administered by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has granted accredited status to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital’s (RWJUH) Breast Care ...

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Jan 16, 2023 - In Cancer Care Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and RWJBarnabas Health to Present Data at the 2023 ASCO Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers Symposium

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, a leader in cutting-edge clinical trials and health outcomes analyses and a designated Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute, together with RWJBarnabas Health, today announced that data from ...

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Jan 9, 2023 - In Cancer Care Better Women’s Health at Every Age

What women need to know to stay well-from adolescence to ageless. Throughout a woman’s life, her body and her healthcare needs evolve. From adolescence through menopause and beyond, women experience many changes. Staying healthy through all those changes ...

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Jan 9, 2023 - In Cancer Care World-Class Care for Blood Cancer Close to Home

Renowned cancer doctors are helping to enhance and expand the Hematologic Malignancies Program at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and RWJBarnabas Health. The Hematologic Malignancies Program at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and RWJBarnabas ...

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Jan 6, 2023 - In Cancer Care Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Using High-tech Science to Lower Risk of Developing Pancreatic Cancer

WCBS-NY (CBS) - New York, NY - Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center's Pancreatic Cyst Surveillance Program , a new health research program, was recently featured on WCBS-NY. It's a cutting-edge combination of high-tech medical science and good old-fashioned ...

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Jan 3, 2023 - In Cancer Care What's the Connection Between HPV and Cervical Cancer? And More Questions You’re Reluctant to Ask

Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers, yet more than 14,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with the disease this year, according to the American Cancer Society. Cervical cancer is often stigmatized due to its association with human ...

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