NOV
2014
Issue No. 30
Robert Witt, M.D., and Neil Hockstein, M.D., of the Head and Neck Cancer Multidisciplinary Center
IN TH I S I SSU E 5 INITIATIVES: NCI grant will transform community cancer care 7 URGENT CARE: Onsite unit helps patients avoid the Emergency Room 8 IN THE LAB: New technology spurs the hunt for cancer
The Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute recognized as national model for treatment of head and neck cancers When Wilmington Realtor Brian Ferreira was diagnosed with oral cancer, he could have gone just about anywhere for treatment. He chose the Head and Neck Cancer Multidisciplinary Center (MDC) at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute. “I went to Philadelphia for a second opinion, but I came back to the Graham Cancer Center for my care, and I was not disappointed,” he said. “I never felt like just another patient. My doctors and the entire MDC team took a personal interest in my very personal illness.” At the Head and Neck MDC, a surgeon, medical oncologist and radiation oncologist team with health professionals from every pertinent discipline – a nurse navigator and research CONTINUED