Program areas at Cooper Cancer Center
Cooper Cancer Center, Inc. was incorporated by The Cooper Health System, A New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation (Cooper Health System) to ground lease to MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper University Healthcare, Inc. (MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper) real property in Camden, NJ to cause the construction of, to obtain loan funding from certain qualified community development facilities under the new markets tax credit to fund the construction costs for, to own and manage, and to lease back to Cooper Health System a new cooper cancer institute building, a 103,050 square feet state-of-the-art, cancer clinical care and research facility which will be operated by Cooper Health System. In September 2013, Cooper partnered with MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson) in Houston, Texas - the nations leading cancer center. MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper physicians adhere to the philosophy, processes and guidelines set by MD Anderson in Houston, Texas, and patients receive the same proven practice standards and treatment plans provided at MD Anderson. Today at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, patients have access to more clinical trials, for more types of cancer than ever before. Within MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, multidisciplinary disease-site specific teams, consisting of physicians (medical, gynecologic, radiation and surgical oncologists), advanced practice nurses, nurses and other clinical specialists, work together to provide cancer patients with the most advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies available - from cutting edge radiation oncology technologies such as CyberKnife radiosurgery, to advanced chemotherapy regimens to innovative surgical techniques including minimally invasive and robotic. A full complement of support services including nutritional counseling, genetic testing and counseling, social work services, complementary medicine therapies and behavioral health support services provides complete, compassionate care for all patients. Advanced, comprehensive outpatient cancer services are also provided at our Voorhees and Willingboro locations with the same focus on multidisciplinary care. Inpatient cancer care is provided at Cooper Health System - South Jerseys only dedicated inpatient oncology unit.