Comprehensive Care That Empowers Patients Through Risk Assessment, Prevention, Detection, Treatment, and Survivorship

Where your patient starts their cancer journey matters.
Behind every lung cancer patient at Fox Chase Cancer Center is a multidisciplinary team of highly experienced and trained specialists who provide compassionate care to achieve the best possible outcomes with the fewest side effects. 
• Early lung cancer screening and advanced diagnostics for detection, diagnosis, prevention, and seamless follow-up care.
• Individualized treatment plans based on your patient’s unique genetic and biological profiles as well as family and clinical histories.
• Multidisciplinary teams of top lung cancer specialists—thoracic surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, pulmonologists, interventional pulmonologists, sleep and critical care specialists, radiologists, pathologists, advanced practice providers, dietitians, and social workers.
• Referring physicians are kept informed about a patient’s care and progress throughout treatment.

New Paths in Lung Cancer Discovery and Delivery
• Comprehensive lung and chest screening services to detect early-stage lung cancers.
• Advanced 3D imaging techniques to precisely treat only the tumor and spare normal tissue.
• Fox Chase pulmonologists are national, experienced leaders in robotic bronchoscopy and minimally invasive approaches to diagnosing and staging lung cancer.
• Nationally recognized care for all stages of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), small cell lung cancer (SCLC), rare carcinoid tumors, and thymic malignancies.
• A Lung Cancer Clinic for Never-Smokers with specialized care and the facilitation of innovative research.
• The latest minimally invasive video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS).
• State-of-the-art mesothelioma treatment: laser therapy, combination surgery and intraoperative therapy, and novel chemotherapeutic agents.
• Always seeking novel immunotherapy combinations; improving therapeutic efficacy and enhancing tolerability for elderly patients or those with other health issues.
• Our renowned radiation oncology program includes the latest advances to spare normal tissues more precisely with adaptive radiation therapy, or with fewer treatments using stereotactic body radiation therapy or hypofractionated radiotherapy.

Clinical Genetics and Risk Assessment
• Genetic counseling, testing, high-risk screening consultation, and cancer risk management for patients with a family or personal history of cancer.

Supportive Services from Day One
• Before a first appointment, lung cancer patients may receive a call from a Nurse Navigator who offers complete, coordinated care with education, scheduling, and testing—and listens compassionately to patient questions and concerns.
• Supportive oncology is provided at any stage of cancer.
• After treatment, the Fox Chase Survivorship Program provides ongoing support and education to help patients gain lifelong clinical health and emotional well-being.
• Comprehensive tobacco treatment program includes counseling and nicotine replacement therapy or other medications.
• Oncologic-specific physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, speech therapy, and psychiatrists and psychologists.

Why Choose Fox Chase?
• As a National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Fox Chase Cancer Center is among the nation’s top cancer institutions, attaining the highest standards for excellence in prevention, treatment, and research.
• Fox Chase is a designated Screening Center of Excellence by the Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA), a national advocacy group dedicated to saving lives and advancing research for those living with and at risk of lung cancer. 
• Fox Chase is distinguished regionally as a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN), a not-for-profit alliance of leading cancer centers.
• Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Temple Lung Center created the Temple Healthy Chest Initiative—to detect and treat serious health conditions early for better outcomes.
• U.S. News & World Report ranks Fox Chase among the nation’s top 50 hospitals for cancer care and ranks our Lung Cancer Surgery program as High Performing.
• Fox Chase lung cancer specialists are consistently rated by Philadelphia magazine as Top Doctors®.