CANCER INCIDENCE BY SITE

A Message from the Chairman of the Cancer CommitteeOn behalf of all the members of the cancer committee, I am very pleased to inform you that the newcancer center was opened earlier this year and is fully operational. This facility has brought a newdimension to cancer care in South Jersey. Patients as well as the public are thrilled about having accessto state of art cancer care in their own community.Additionally, the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (COC) survey last year brought usour second consecutive outstanding achievement award. Obviously, the aim of the cancer committee isto continue to work hard toward receiving another outstanding achievement award after our nextsurvey.We have also acquired various subspecialty surgeons who have enhanced our ability to provide bettercare with less inconvenience to our patients.All of the cancer committee’s programs are progressing well. Tumor boards are well attended and wenow hold two breast cancer tumor boards each month to set the stage for accreditation from theNational Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. Recently we also launched a GU dedicated tumorboard and we plan to hold these every quarter. GU tumor boards are teleconferenced with Fox Chaseto provide a broad level of opinion and education.In conclusion, the SJH Cancer Program is marching forward in the right direction and continues toprovide cutting-edge cancer care in our community.Rama Sudhindra, M.D.