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Taylor Cancer Program, Ridley Park, Pennsylvania
Taylor Hospital, located in Ridley Park, offers a range of cancer services, including diagnosis, treatment and support services designed to meet the ongoing needs of cancer patients and their families.
Taylor Hospital offers area residents the most advanced therapies as well as a multidisciplinary approach to the fight against cancer.
- Research: In addition to participating in trials generated by Fox Chase Cancer Center, Taylor participates in studies coordinated by several national cancer research groups.
- Diagnosis: Taylor specialists use a range of methods to diagnose cancer, such as surgical biopsies as well as mammography, needle localizations, fluoroscopy, CT, MRI, ultrasound and nuclear medicine.
- Medical Oncology: Medical oncology at Taylor utilizes a variety of approaches including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and hormonal therapy in the treatment of cancer.
- Radiation Oncology: If radiation therapy is necessary, patients can receive treatments at nearby Crozer Regional Cancer Center or Delaware County Regional Cancer Center, which are also part of the Crozer-Keystone Health System. Philadelphia CyberKnife, the most experienced CyberKnife center in the Delaware Valley, is a department of Delaware County Memorial Hospital, a Crozer-Keystone hospital.
- Surgical Oncology: Surgeons at Taylor offer a full range of services, including diagnostic, treatment, adjunctive, and palliative procedures. Robotic surgery using the da Vinci Surgical System at Springfield Hospital is available to patients, as well as reconstructive surgery.
- Other services: Also available to patients at Taylor are such services as home care/hospice, pain management, nutritional counseling, integrative care, social work, support groups, and cancer screenings and prevention services.