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Holy Name Breast Center Earns National Accreditation For Cancer Care Holy Name Breast Center Earns National Accreditation For Cancer Care Holy Name Breast Center Earns National Accreditation For Cancer Care
Holy Name Breast Center Earns National Accreditation For Cancer Care Holy Name Medical Center has earned national accreditation for its Breast Center through an American College of Surgeons program that evaluates standards for comprehensive breast disease and cancer care. The recognition comes through the American College of Surgeons' (ACS) National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), which establishes standards for coordinated care covering prevention, screening, treatment and survivorship. Holy Name's Breast Center offers screening and diagnostic services, including 3D mammography, with radiologists, registered nurses and female breast imagin…
St. Joseph's Health Now Offers Pluvicto For Advanced Prostate Cancer St. Joseph's Health Now Offers Pluvicto For Advanced Prostate Cancer St. Joseph's Health Now Offers Pluvicto For Advanced Prostate Cancer
St. Joseph's Health Now Offers Pluvicto For Advanced Prostate Cancer St. Joseph’s Health is now offering Pluvicto for certain patients with advanced prostate cancer at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center. According to St. Joseph’s Health, Pluvicto is an FDA-approved radioligand therapy for patients with PSMA-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer that continues to progress despite hormone therapy. The treatment is currently available exclusively at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center. “Pluvicto represents a fundamental shift in how we treat advanced prostate cancer,” said Adnan Danish, MD, division chief of Radiation Oncology at St. …
Making Waves Against Cancer: Hundreds Swim To Raise Nearly $1M In Swim Event Making Waves Against Cancer: Hundreds Swim To Raise Nearly $1M In Swim Event Making Waves Against Cancer: Hundreds Swim To Raise Nearly $1M In Swim Event
Making Waves Against Cancer: Hundreds Swim To Raise Nearly $1M In Swim Event With the sun rising over Glen Cove and just weeks after a similar swim in Fairfield County, more than 250 swimmers plunged into the Long Island Sound at Pryibil Beach for the 25th Annual Swim Across America – Nassau/Suffolk Open Water Swim on Saturday, Aug. 2. This milestone event raised a staggering $950,000, pushing the event’s lifetime total past $15 million for cancer research and care. It’s not just a number — that money directly supports life-saving work at hospitals and research centers across the region, including Memorial Sloan Kettering, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and Northwell…
Flight Crew Raises $18K For Family Of Hillsborough Nurse Jay McChesney Flight Crew Raises $18K For Family Of Hillsborough Nurse Jay McChesney Flight Crew Raises $18K For Family Of Hillsborough Nurse Jay McChesney
Flight Crew Raises $18K For Family Of Hillsborough Nurse Jay McChesney A fundraiser has been launched to aid the family of Jay McChesney, a New Jersey father and flight nurse who died last month at 55 years old. Jay, of Hillsborough, died on Friday, Aug. 30, leaving behind his wife, Jennette and their three children, Jordan, James, and Joe. Nicknamed an "All American Hero," Jay was a founding member of the Atlantic Air 1 medevac team and was a nurse at Robert Wood Johnson after having spent 24 years serving in the Coast Guard. As of Tuesday, Sept. 3, more than $18,000 had been raised on the GoFundMe for the McChesney family, launched by members of Jay's f…
Westchester's Trusted Leader In Cancer Care: An Interview With Dr. Anna Komorowski Westchester's Trusted Leader In Cancer Care: An Interview With Dr. Anna Komorowski Westchester's Trusted Leader In Cancer Care: An Interview With Dr. Anna Komorowski
Westchester's Trusted Leader In Cancer Care: An Interview With Dr. Anna Komorowski As part of the Northwell Health Cancer Institute, the cancer specialists at Phelps Hospital and Northern Westchester Hospital provide comprehensive, advanced diagnostic and treatment services to Westchester cancer patients. This unique regional cancer team provides patients expanded services to move them faster through diagnosis to treatment. Now Phelps’ new state-of-the-art PET/CT scan, the latest in cancer imaging technology, offers patients the world-class care they need, all in one place, all close to home. How does Phelps’ new PET/CT scan offer local patients an even higher standar…
Life-Saving Cancer Screening You Should Know About Life-Saving Cancer Screening You Should Know About Life-Saving Cancer Screening You Should Know About
Life-Saving Cancer Screening You Should Know About Phelps Hospital, Northwell Health, is at the forefront of innovation in cancer care, using advanced technology, testing, and treatments. Colorectal cancer, unlike other cancers, is preventable if detected early. However, only 63% of patients over age 50 had some form of screening like a colonoscopy or Cologuard testing. We are prepared and eager to beat those statistics in our community here at Phelps with our multidisciplinary and individualized approach. Don’t delay visiting your doctor if you’re experiencing unexplained symptoms. Over the last decade, there has been an increased inciden…
Life-Saving Cancer Screening You Should Know About Life-Saving Cancer Screening You Should Know About Life-Saving Cancer Screening You Should Know About
Life-Saving Cancer Screening You Should Know About Phelps Hospital, Northwell Health, is at the forefront of innovation in cancer care, using advanced technology, testing, and treatments. Colorectal cancer, unlike other cancers, is preventable if detected early. However, only 63% of patients over age 50 had some form of screening like a colonoscopy or Cologuard testing. We are prepared and eager to beat those statistics in our community here at Phelps with our multidisciplinary and individualized approach. Don’t delay visiting your doctor if you’re experiencing unexplained symptoms. Over the last decade, there has been an increased inciden…
Baystate Plans To Close Emergency And Cancer Care Satelite Facility By 2023 Baystate Plans To Close Emergency And Cancer Care Satelite Facility By 2023 Baystate Plans To Close Emergency And Cancer Care Satelite Facility By 2023
Baystate Plans To Close Emergency And Cancer Care Satelite Facility By 2023 Baystate Health has plans to close one of its satellite emergency medical and cancer care facilities within the next two years. On Tuesday, Jan. 26, in a letter to the community, Baystate President Mark A. Keroack outlined the state and financial health of one of its satellite facilities in Western Massachusetts. The facility slated to be closed is the more than 100-year-old Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center in Ware, which provides emergency as well as cancer care and other services. Over the next two years, services will be transferred mostly to Baystate Wing Hospital, which is about 9…
Calling All Superheroes: Join Us At The Norwalk Hospital Whittingham Cancer Center Walk & Run Calling All Superheroes: Join Us At The Norwalk Hospital Whittingham Cancer Center Walk & Run Calling All Superheroes: Join Us At The Norwalk Hospital Whittingham Cancer Center Walk & Run
Calling All Superheroes: Join Us At The Norwalk Hospital Whittingham Cancer Center Walk & Run Most people know someone whose life has been changed forever by cancer. Every year, over 700 people are newly diagnosed with cancer at Norwalk Hospital’s C. Anthony and Jean Whittingham Cancer Center. Last year alone, the compassionate Norwalk Hospital cancer care team, which now includes Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center experts, provided care during more than 56,000 patient visits. On Saturday, June, 1 2019, Norwalk Hospital will host its 16th Whittingham Cancer Center Walk & Run at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk to support the heroic patients, families, caregivers and care teams t…
White Plains Hospital Will Break Ground On New Nine-Story Building White Plains Hospital Will Break Ground On New Nine-Story Building White Plains Hospital Will Break Ground On New Nine-Story Building
White Plains Hospital Will Break Ground On New Nine-Story Building White Plains Hospital is poised to break ground on a $272 million expansion project. On Monday, April 22, the hospital will host a groundbreaking ceremony on its new 252,000-square-foot, nine-story Outpatient Care Center that will be constructed at the corner of Maple and Longview avenues, next to the Center for Cancer Care. According to the hospital, “the building is one of the most significant additions to the Hospital’s ongoing campus transformation and is one of the largest healthcare projects currently underway in Westchester County.  The future facility will house new oper…
Deliberate Acts Of Kindness Benefit The Valley Hospital's Cancer Patients Deliberate Acts Of Kindness Benefit The Valley Hospital's Cancer Patients Deliberate Acts Of Kindness Benefit The Valley Hospital's Cancer Patients
Deliberate Acts Of Kindness Benefit The Valley Hospital's Cancer Patients When it comes to being a good community member, sometimes the answer is as simple as deciding to say “yes” the next time someone asks for help. When Suffern, NY, resident Meg McCluskey reached out to her wide circle of friends and family to help her make a difference in the world, the good people in her life responded with a resounding “yes.” For the past three Octobers, McCluskey has made very thoughtful donations to The Valley Hospital and encouraged others to join her. As an independent business owner and stylist for Stella & Dot, McCluskey asked people to donate $27 towards the purc…