Southcoast to Open New Cancer Care Center

Come tour the new center on October 3.

Coordinated cancer care and advanced oncology services came one step closer to reality in July with the opening of the Southcoast Hospitals Group Southcoast Center for Cancer Care in Fall River.

"Southcoast is ushering in a new era of cancer care in our region. Never before have the residents of Southeastern Massachusetts and neighboring Rhode Island had access to this level of comprehensive oncology services backed by their own regional health system," said Keith A. Hovan, President & CEO of Southcoast Hospitals Group.

Located at Charlton Memorial Hospital, the new comprehensive cancer care center provides a full range of oncology services, including image-guided radiation therapy— the very latest technology available in radiation treatment for cancer. The Cancer Center will also specialize in the latest chemotherapies, surgery and advanced diagnostic imaging. Support services, educational materials and screenings will be offered in collaboration with the American Cancer Society.

Southcoast's new Cancer Centers also offer a unique "Patient Navigator" service. Every patient will be guided through their care by a "go-to" person to help coordinate appointments, answer questions and point them in the right direction.

The newly renovated area at Charlton also offers patients and their families a comforting, spa-like environment with a host of amenities such as valet parking, personal TVs in the chemotherapy treatment area, Internet access, refreshments and a resource library.

"Our new services, staff and locations are designed with one goal in mind — to bring our patients and their families the very best cancer treatment possible right here in their own community," said Therese M. Mulvey, MD, the physician leader for the Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care. "We hope to empower patients to receive high-quality care in their own communities, with shared decision making among specialists and patients."

For more information on Southcoast's cancer services visit www.southcoast.org/cancercare/.

You're invited!

Come see what the future of comprehensive cancer care looks like at the Southcoast Center for Cancer Care.

October 3, 2009
Time: 1 to 4 p.m.
Guided tours
Refreshments
Charlton Memorial Hospital site of Southcoast Hospitals Group, entrance on Prospect St.