Cancer patient care and access to services enhanced throughout the Tampa area
Tampa,
Fla. and The Woodlands, Texas (Feb.
27, 2014) – Florida Cancer Affiliates (FCA), a practice in The US Oncology Network, and Cancer Care Centers of Florida
(CCCF) announced today that physicians from CCCF will join FCA, expanding and
enhancing patient services in Tampa and adding additional treatment locations
to the FCA practice in Hudson, Brooksville and New Port Richey, Fla.
The three radiation oncologists and six urologists
of Cancer Care Centers of Florida will join FCA’s group of 10 medical oncologists
and one radiation oncologist to offer high-quality, comprehensive and
integrated cancer care to patients in the comfort and convenience of a
community setting. This combination will allow the practice to offer urology
services and extend radiation services to the Hudson and Brooksville
communities.
“This development is
allowing us to enhance and expand the high-quality cancer care our patients
receive, allowing us to offer more integrated care and continue our mission to
provide patients with the best care possible,” said Lawrence Hochman, DO, FACRO, practice
president, FCA. “We at Florida Cancer Affiliates are proud of our commitment to
quality and excellence. The physicians joining us from Cancer Care Centers of
Florida align with our mission and will help us deliver this quality care to
more patients in need. We are pleased to welcome them to our practice.”
Cancer Care Centers of Florida has
been serving cancer patients for more than 32 years in the areas of radiation
oncology, urology, medical oncology, hematology and pathology. Its
multi-disciplinary team offers the latest technology so patients can have the
safest and most complete care possible. This approach to cancer care is aligned
with the vision of FCA.
“Our
mission at Cancer Care Centers of Florida has always been to provide the best,
most advanced care possible to our patients,” said V. Rao Emandi, MD, FACRO, medical
director, CCCF. “Joining Florida Cancer Affiliates allows us to continue to
deliver upon this mission and further enhance the services we offer our
patients. By joining FCA, we also join The US Oncology Network, uniting us with
nearly 1,000 physicians
from across the country who collaborate and innovate to improve quality cancer
care and patient access to that high-quality care.”
Florida
Cancer Affiliates is united in healing with The US Oncology Network, one of the
nation’s largest networks of integrated community-based oncology practices
dedicated to advancing high-quality, evidence-based cancer care. By joining
FCA, physicians from CCCF will enhance their opportunities to collaborate with
an expanded physician community, including participation in network-wide
physician committees, conferences, and access to The Oncology Portal, where
nearly 1,000 physicians from across The Network gather in a secure online forum
to learn, share best practices and collaborate on complex patient cases.
Additionally, by uniting with like-minded physicians
from across the country, physicians in The Network can help further the
national dialogue with government, payers, manufacturers and other stakeholders
in the healthcare industry, with a goal of improving access, quality and cost
of cancer care.
The 11 physicians currently with Florida Cancer
Affiliates practice in four locations, providing comprehensive cancer care
throughout Central Florida to the communities of The Villages, Ocala, Brooksville and New Port Richey. With the recent addition of nine physicians from Cancer Care Centers
of Florida, FCA expands service offerings with six additional locations in
Hudson, Brooksville and New Port Richey.
Visit www.floridacancer.com for more information or
call 855-451-7095 to schedule an appointment.
About Florida Cancer
Affiliates
Florida
Cancer Affiliates (FCA) is a community-based medical oncology and hematology
practice with convenient locations throughout Central Florida including New
Port Richey, Brooksville, Ocala and The Villages. The integrated clinical team
of FCA employs the latest technologies and drug therapies to ensure patients
receive advanced care close to home. The comprehensive treatment centers
include outpatient treatment and diagnostic facilities providing chemotherapy,
hematology services, radiation therapy including stereotactic, brachytherapy
and PET/CT imaging, clinical research, pharmacy and laboratory, as well as
financial counseling and patient support services.
The
practice is committed to providing patients with the best and most advanced
care available. They offer therapies proven to be effective, along with
advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies. They also provide unprecedented
access to new investigational drugs through clinical trials. By participating
in clinical trials that test new drugs or various combinations of treatments,
patients have the opportunity to receive promising new therapies not yet
available outside these clinical trials. To learn more about Florida Cancer
Affiliates, go to www.floridacancer.com.
Florida
Cancer Affiliates is united in healing with The US Oncology Network, one of the nation’s largest networks
of integrated community-based oncology practices dedicated to advancing
high-quality, evidence-based cancer care. As an affiliate of The US Oncology
Network, FCA is united with nearly 1,000 physicians nationwide. Florida Cancer
Affiliates participates in clinical trials through US Oncology Research, which has played a
role in 48 FDA-approved cancer therapies, nearly one-third of all cancer
therapies approved by the FDA to date. For more information, visit www.usoncology.com.
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