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Your support will sustain Virtua’s role as a leading provider of comprehensive
cancer care in South Jersey. We know our patients need expanded access to
outpatient services, innovative technologies and techniques, and resources
that improve quality of life during and a er treatment.
Donations to the campaign for the newCancer Center inMoorestownwill enable us tomeet
the growing needs of the patients and families we serve today, and for generations to come,
and have a tremendous impact on patient care. Our key priorities, which rely on the support
of our generous donor community, include:
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the cancer center at Virtua
Gifts to virtua Foundation in support of the new
Cancer Center in Moorestown will provide the
programmatic and capital support needed to build
the center and support the essential programs and
services that mean the most to our patients and their
families. it will help fund these services offered
throughout the system, including the Center:
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infusion
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radiation therapy
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Breast and advanced oncologic reconstruction
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Genetics high risk program
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Community high risk lung screening program
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Oncology nurse navigation services
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Clinical research
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LifeCare Clinic
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Cancer registry and cancer conferences
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Cancer Survivorship services
as we reach toward our long-term goals, virtua also
has identified these areas of growth with the
greatest impact on patient care:
expand the community high risk Lung
Screening program across Virtua’s continuum of
care
to give patients greater access and increase
their chances of early detection and survival. More
lung cancer cases will occur among Baby Boomers
with a smoking history. this is one of the deadliest
cancers but when caught early, chances of survival
greatly increase.
radiation oncology:
virtua is committed to
providing the very latest in state-of-the-art radiation
technologies that give our patients the most
effective, pinpoint precision treatment options by
treating the cancer or tumor but sparing healthy
tissue. to stay ahead of the curve, virtua will
continue to make investments in equipment and
clinical expertise that will ensure the best possible
outcomes. Philanthropic resources help us to offer