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The Henry Cancer Center provides comprehensive cancer consultation, diagnosis and treatment, including clinical trials, for all types of adult cancers. Located at Geisinger Wyoming Valley in Wilkes-Barre, The Henry Cancer Center is a partnership between Geisinger and Fox Chase Cancer Center – a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center.

This elite collaboration aims to develop cancer prevention strategies, cultivate cancer research, enhance diagnostic techniques and provide access to advanced treatment and clinical trials for people in northeastern Pennsylvania.

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The Henry Cancer Center’s hematologists/oncologists, radiation oncologists, specially-trained oncology nurses and technicians provide a multi-disciplinary delivery of cancer care through comprehensive consultation, diagnosis, and treatment for a full range of hematologic and oncologic problems. The cancer program has earned a full three-year approval from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. For more information about The Henry Cancer Center at Geisinger Wyoming Valley, call 570-820-6150.

Services include

  • Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
  • 3D Conformal Radiation Therapy
  • Prostate radioactive seed implants
  • High and low dose brachytherapy
  • Inpatient and outpatient chemotherapy services
  • Blood transfusions
  • Infusions
  • Hematological procedures and malignancies including leukemia, Hodgkin’s disease and multiple myeloma
  • Dedicated CT simulator, CT and MRI imaging
  • On-site clinical trials
  • On-site cancer genetics counseling
  • Patient care coordinator to manage patient access and coordinate treatment planning
  • Counseling and support groups
  • Gynecologic oncology

Video resources

About The Henry Cancer Center
Mohammed Mohiuddin, MD, medical director, on the Fox Chase partnership

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Frank M. and Dorthea Henry Cancer Center expansion
Opening Spring 2009, a $15 million addition to the Henry Cancer Center will make room for 20 new exam rooms enabling advanced team care for programs like multidisciplinary clinics and a brain tumor program.

The Geisinger Cancer Institute
The Geisinger Cancer Institute provides compassionate cancer care by an expert team of specialists dedicated to the effective screening, prevention, timely detection, thorough diagnosis and state of the art treatment of people with cancer in Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania.

The Cancer Institute includes three hubs of care: Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, The Henry Cancer Center at Geisinger Wyoming Valley in Wilkes-Barre and Geisinger Medical Group at Scenery Park in State College. These hubs provide advanced technology, comprehensive diagnostics, cancer treatment options, education, clinical trials and support groups to patients through specialized clinics at one location.

About Fox Chase Cancer Center
Fox Chase Cancer Center was founded in 1904 in Philadelphia as the nation's first cancer hospital. In 1974, Fox Chase became one of the first institutions designated as a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Fox Chase conducts basic, clinical, population and translational research; programs of prevention, detection and treatment of cancer; and community outreach. For more information about Fox Chase activities, visit the Fox Chase Cancer Center web site or call 1-888-FOX CHASE.

For more information, call Geisinger Carelink at 1-800-275-6401
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