Building a Patient-Centered Cancer Center From the Ground Up

October 20, 2021

For generations, people in New Jersey who received a diagnosis of cancer spoke of “going into the city” for treatment. In the northern counties, that meant New York City; further south, it meant a trip into Philadelphia. But over the past decade, the state with the fifth-highest rate of cancer incidence has invested in keeping patients closer to home, supported by evidence that travel not only exacts a toll on patients and affects outcomes, but it may also lead to longer hospital stays.1-8\n\nNow, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), the state’s only National Cancer Institute …

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