CAMDEN, NJ-Cooper University Health based here has entered a partnership with MD Anderson Cancer Center of Houston that creates the MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper in Camden that is to officially open next week.

The new $100-million cancer center on the Cooper Health Sciences Campus here is to open on Monday, Oct. 7. The state-of-the-art, free-standing facility will house all outpatient cancer care services with a multidisciplinary approach to oncology care. Services will include medical, radiation and surgical oncology, as well as pathology, laboratory, diagnostic imaging and other supportive clinical services.

“We're proud to unite with Cooper University Health Care to offer the highest quality cancer care in the region,” said MD Anderson President Ronald DePinho, MD. “Our mission, simply, is to end cancer. This partnership is an extraordinary opportunity for us to advance that mission by extending our compassionate and effective clinical care and, in turn, positively impacting the lives of many.” See story at NJBiz.

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