SKIN CANCER CARE, CLOSE TO HOME
A NEW PROGRAM AT CLARA MAASS MEDICAL CENTER BRINGS TOP EXPERTS TOGETHER TO CREATE PERSONALIZED TREATMENTS.
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atients with concerns about skin cancer can now find advanced care close to home at the Cutaneous Malignancy Program at Clara Maass Medical Center (CMMC). The center is led by Franz O. Smith, MD, MAcM, MMM, FACS, who also leads the Melanoma and Soft Tissue Oncology Program for hospitals in the RWJBarnabas Health Northern Region. “I’m committed to a multidisciplinary approach to caring for individuals with melanoma and other skin cancers,” says Dr. Smith, a board-certified, fellowship-trained surgical oncologist. “Our philosophy of care is to provide outstanding, patient-centered care—not only medical care, but the emotional and psychosocial support patients FRANZ O. SMITH, MD need as they face a Healthy Together
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cancer diagnosis.” The Cutaneous Malignancy Program’s multidisciplinary team includes: • Surgical oncologists • Radiation oncologists • Medical oncologists • Radiologists • Pathologists • Nurses • Social workers • Psychosocial support • Nutrition • On-site pharmacy • Financial counselors.
TREATMENT OPTIONS
In collaboration with cutaneous oncology (skin cancer) experts at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state’s only National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, the team creates an individualized treatment plan for each patient.
The program offers state-of-theart evaluation, sentinel and lymph node biopsies by New Jersey’s leading melanoma surgeons, and accurate staging. Through its partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute, the Cutaneous Malignancy Program offers patients advanced treatment options in immunotherapy and precision medicine, including clinical trials, many of which aren’t available elsewhere in the state. To schedule an appointment with one of our melanoma/skin cancer experts, call 844.CANCERNJ.
Summer 2022
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