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Welcome to the Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute
New hope for healing. Open to patients.

Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute’s new home —a four-story, 180,000-square-foot building—brings together cancer-related clinical and research operations and creates a new main hospital entrance. The facility houses outpatient clinics with exam rooms for multidisciplinary, cancer-related disease teams dedicated to caring for you; infusion stations and private treatment rooms for chemotherapy; state-of-the-art radiation treatment space; research labs; and a healing garden to offer a quiet retreat for you and your family.

At the region's only comprehensive cancer center, physicians and scientists are delivering multidisciplinary cancer care and research all in one building, keeping you close to home; discovering promising treatments and new cures and making them available to you; and offering breakthrough technology, including the region's only "RapidArch™" radiotherapy.

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  • Pink Zone at Penn State Raises Funds for Breast Cancer Research
    The Penn State Lady Lion basketball team’s 2009 WBCA Pink Zone at Penn State fundraising campaign raised more than $33,000 for Pink Zone charities, including $16,000 for breast cancer research at Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute. Since Pink Zone began three years ago, more than $80,000 has been raised for breast cancer awareness.

    The 2010 WBCA Pink Zone at Penn State will take place on Sunday, January 24 at 1 p.m. at the Bryce Jordan Center. Monies raised will benefit Mount Nittany Medical Center, Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, the PA Breast Cancer Coalition, and the Kay Vow WBCA Cancer Fund.

    Click here to become a 2010 WBCA Pink Zone at Penn State Sponsor of Hope.

    To learn more, visit gopsusports.com/pinkzone the official Web site of 2010 WBCA Pink Zone at Penn State.
Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute named Blue Distinction Center for Complex and Rare Cancers
 
Highmark Blue Shield has named Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute—at both Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Lehigh Valley Hospital—as a Blue Distinction Center for Complex and Rare CancersSM.
 
Complex and rare cancers comprise approximately 15 percent of new cancer cases each year, making it difficult for patients to research or locate facilities with oncologists or surgical teams that are experienced in treating these specific malignancies. Click to learn more.

Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute delivers cancer services throughout central and eastern Pennsylvania. The Institute's mission includes clinical care, research, education and community outreach. Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute brings the benefits of cancer-related research and education at Penn State's College of Medicine to the care of patients at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

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Penn State was founded as the Farmer’s High School in 1855.  The largest campus is at University Park (State College), Pennsylvania, with 24 other campuses located throughout the Commonwealth, including the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center located in Hershey, Pennsylvania.  The University includes ten undergraduate colleges, the Graduate School, the College of Medicine and several other components.  The University is accredited by the Middle States Association and is a member of the Association of American Universities. More..