News Fox Chase Cancer Center Opens Region's First Cancer-Specific Complementary Medicine Program, One of Few in the Nation. Complete Care will help cancer patients increase their quality of life by addressing the physical, psychological and emotional needs of patients during and after cancer treatment. In addition to being the only one of its kind in the region, it is one of very few such programs in the nation. The new program will supplement traditional cancer therapies with additional approaches to help people cope with treatment side effects, stress, changing body image and functional problems requiring cancer-specific rehabilitation medicine and care.
Complementary medicine is the next logical step in the treatment of cancer patients.
Barbara Fowble, M.D., clinical director of radiation oncology was instrumental in fostering the concept of Complete Care at Fox Chase. Services will be available to Fox Chase patients and also to patients receiving primary cancer treatment elsewhere. Demonstrations will be available at the Grand Opening. Fox Chase Cancer Center is one of 34 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the nation. The Center's activities include basic and clinical research, prevention, detection and treatment of cancer and community outreach programs.