Recent Posts in Cancer Care

Sep 16, 2020 - In Cancer Care The Valerie Fund Children’s Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders At The Unterberg Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center

Recognizes that September is Childhood Cancer Awareness & Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month This year, we are saddened that we are unable to host our annual Make Some Noise for Childhood Cancer & Sickle Cell Disease event due to the current pandemic. We ...

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Sep 11, 2020 - In Cancer Care Bringing Smiles to Children with Cancer

A Foundation's Generous Donations Help Children and Their Families Cope During Difficult Times The pediatric hematology-oncology treatment room at The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital (BMSCH) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital needed a ...

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Aug 24, 2020 - In Cancer Care Cancer Care: The Human Touch

How oncology nurse navigators help patients. Patients who seek care through the RWJBarnabas Health (RWJBH) Oncology Access Center have a big advantage: They get connected to an oncology nurse navigator who acts as their problem-solver and supporter before, ...

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Aug 4, 2020 - In Cancer Care Surgery Milestone Reached for Rutgers Cancer Institute Urologic Oncology Leader at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Dr. Isaac Yi Kim Completes 2,000 th Robotic Prostatectomy New Brunswick, NJ, August 5, 2020 – Marking a major milestone in what has become a standard of care in prostate cancer surgery, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Urologic Oncology Chief Isaac ...

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Jul 28, 2020 - In Cancer Care High Risk, High Reward: Saint Barnabas Program to Identify and Monitor High-Risk Patients to Help Reduce the Chances of Developing Breast Cancer

On a national scale, breast cancer develops in about 1 in 8 women. But that doesn’t mean every individual woman has a 1-in-8 chance of getting the disease. Each woman has her own risk factors, which can, if lucky, give her very low chances of ever ...

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Jul 14, 2020 - In Cancer Care Dr. Jessica Taff Discusses Breast Cancer

Jessica Taff, MD , a Hematologist/Oncologist with the RWJBarnabas Health medical group addresses some of the questions she is commonly asked about breast cancer.

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Jul 13, 2020 - In Cancer Care RWJBarnabas Health Names Seth D. Cohen, MD Regional Director of Oncology Services, Southern Region

Long Branch, New Jersey, July 13, 2020 – Board-certified internal medicine physician and medical oncologist, Seth D. Cohen, MD , from East Brunswick, N.J., has been appointed to the newly created position of Regional Director of Oncology Services for the ...

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Jun 18, 2020 - In Cancer Care New Ways to Lead in Cancer Treatment

Collaboration and innovation are driving a new era in oncology Every week, up to 40 of New Jersey’s top cancer experts virtually convene as part of the new N.J. Statewide Cancer Programs Collaboration—a unique approach initiated and implemented by Steven ...

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Jun 18, 2020 - In Cancer Care Clinical Trials: What Every Cancer Patient Should Know

Trials offer patients a chance to benefit from the latest treatments If you or a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, you’ll want to seek the highest possible level of care—and clinical trials can be a critical aspect of that care. “Clinical trials offer ...

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