Mercy Cancer Center Holds Community Open House

From Mercy Suburban Hospital:

On Wednesday, Aug. 22, the Mercy Cancer Center, located on the campus of hosted a community open house.

The open house took place from 5 to 7 p.m. and featured free skin cancer screenings, nutritional demonstrations and education, BMI checks, cancer risk assessments, giveaways and the opportunity to meet the physicians of the Mercy Cancer Center.

The new Mercy Cancer Center is a 12,000-square foot, two-story outpatient facility offering a comprehensive array of cancer care services to detect, diagnose and treat cancer. The new center houses brand-new equipment with an emphasis on advanced radiation technology. A newly acquired image-guided linear accelerator uses RapidArc technology to target tumors with tremendous speed and precision. High-dose-rate brachytherapy is available for delivering targeted radiation to cancerous cites while sparing surrounding tissue.

“Now that we are open, our patients are finding that the Mercy Cancer Center is a convenient, modern facility that’s comfortable, easy to access and has all of the latest technology for providing advanced cancer care,” says Robert DiDomenico, administrative director of the Oncology Program at Mercy Suburban Hospital. “Cancer Center patients now have their own entrance, dedicated parking and all of Mercy Suburban’s cancer care services in one location.”

The new facility features patient exam rooms and physician offices, plus a conference center for physician and patient education, cancer case reviews, support groups and health screenings focusing on prevention. Patients receiving chemotherapy have access to private, spacious infusion bays with ample space for family members.

The Mercy Cancer Center is the first suburban cancer center and the second cancer center in the Delaware Valley to offer CancerHelp kiosks, which are easy-to-use touchscreen programs with trusted information from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). CancerHelp Learning kiosks provide the perfect way for patients and families to learn more abouttreatment and diagnosis, side effects, coping with cancer, prevention and screening.