THE ANN B. BARSHINGER CANCER INSTITUTE
The Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute is an award-winning facility designed to foster the physical, emotional and spiritual well-being of patients and their families. With significant input from patients, families, staff and community leaders, the Cancer Institute ensures that patients have access to compassionate, high-quality cancer care from highly-skilled physicians they know and trust, along with supportive services to help navigate every step of their cancer journey – all right here in Lancaster.
The Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute is truly a unique sanctuary for advanced cancer care.
“This combination of world-class care in a community hospital setting complemented with world-class research and clinical trials, goes beyond traditional manners of understanding and responding to disease.”
Randall A. Oyer, MD, Medical Director, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health’s Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute
A critical moment now exists, when we expand our mission from CARE to CURE.
Precision medicine takes into account individual that pinpoint in genes, environment, and lifestyle factors when deciding the most effective course of treatment. Clinical trials are a foundational part of this process, and often offer personalized treatment options not utilized in a traditional community hospital setting. As part of our commitment to expert precision medicine, the Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute has established a Clinical Research Unit (CRU).
The Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute CRU works directly with the Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Philadelphia so that patients in Lancaster have access to world-class cancer clinical trials. Additionally, we work with pharmaceutical companies and national cooperative research groups to bring promising new therapies to people with lung, breast, gynecologic, brain, gastrointestinal, and other cancers – right here in Lancaster.
In order to achieve our vision of every cancer patient being screened for a clinical trial, the Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute must expand its team of experienced cancer research professionals, including regulatory, analytic, nursing, and physician specialists. These efforts will provide hope – allowing us to cure cancer patients today and providing a pathway to cure patients in the future.
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Community support will help us build the infrastructure to expand the availability of research and treatment clinical trials that offer today’s patients the promise of improvement and cure, while taking part in vital research that will benefit tomorrow’s cancer patients.
Hope For All
Mark was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in October of 2018. He was given the option to participate in a clinical trial at Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute. He enrolled in the trial in December 2018 and began his two-year treatment. Mark and his wife, Laura, came every three weeks for 24 months and developed a close relationship with their oncology team.
The clinical trial that Mark participated in resulted in the FDA approval of a new drug regimen for lung cancer patients. Mark completed his treatment in December 2020 with promising results and is currently in observation. He looks forward to spending more time with his family.
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A gift to the Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute Precision Medicine Fund will help us achieve this bold new vision for cancer care and CURE in our community.
Please contact the Lancaster General Health Foundation at (717) 544-1374
foundation@lghealth.org to learn more.
Your gift to the Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute Precision Medicine Fund will assist with:
- Addition of research staff to screen every patient for a cancer treatment trial, to assist patients with the enrollment process, and to effectively support those who do enroll
- Remove financial barriers by providing support for patient expenses related to clinical trials not covered by insurance as recommended by the FDA
- Cover costs of trial supplies and processes where funding falls short
- Monitor Lancaster patient population for additional trials needed, identify candidate trials, and facilitate bringing new trials to Lancaster
- Develop patient resources and community outreach to educate about the importance of clinical trials
Join us in transforming cancer care in our community
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