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The Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center is teaming up with Milford Regional Medical Center to provide medical oncology and radiation oncology services in the Milford area for the first time, making it more convenient for residents in the region to receive comprehensive cancer care.
“Thank you to everyone involved for their commitment and dedication to the residents of this community, who are depending on us to bring them the very best cancer care in the world,” said BWH President Gary Gottlieb, MD, MBA, who joined Milford Regional CEO Francis Saba, DFCI President Ed Benz, Jr., MD, and other hospital leadership at the ribbon-cutting ceremony last week.
The opening of Milford’s cancer center is an important expansion of the DF/BWCC, which marked the tenth anniversary of the partnership between BWH and DFCI in cancer care last fall.
“The vision for our partnership is to deliver the right care in the right place, and this opportunity in Milford further solidifies our focus on combining resources to offer the best care to patients,” said Gottlieb.
The 54,000-square foot, two-story center at Milford Regional houses diagnostic imaging, radiation therapy, medical oncology and phlebotomy services. Milford cancer patients will receive their care in this state of the art facility and have access to more specialized care. It is also expected that existing DF/BWCC patients may choose to go there for treatment. Patients and families from both facilities were included in the planning process to make sure the new clinic is patient-friendly.
Prior to this partnership, Milford’s oncology program was limited to medical oncology and surgical oncology. Patients requiring radiation had to drive approximately 30 miles for treatment. The cancer center opening makes radiation therapy services available right at Milford Regional under the direction of Jay Harris, MD, chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology at DF/BWCC, and Tania Lingos, MD, chief of Radiation Oncology at Milford.
“Patients will be in excellent hands,” Gottlieb said.