Cancer care, just like cancer itself, is unique to each patient. The physicians and staff that make up the oncology teams at the Patricia Lynch Cancer Center (PLCC) at Holy Name understand these differences and specialize in giving each patient the advanced, personalized care that results in the best outcome for every individual.
Learn MoreThe Patricia Lynch Cancer Center provides the best care to every patient. Here our some of their stories.
A few years ago, a routine mammogram conducted at another healthcare facility revealed early signs of cancer in Janet Capone's left breast. The New Jersey native and former flight attendant was very...
Read Janet's full storyDonna Dugan is the first to say she used to be a hypochondriac. Until she got breast cancer. Then she figured one of her biggest fears actually happened and she's still standing. Not only is she still standing, she's...
Read Donna's full storyChan Kim remembers one of the best moments of his life. He was coming out of surgery and moved his hand near his stomach to feel for something foreign. Instead, he felt nothing. He was...
Read Chan's full storyThe news was terrifying - Jane Martinez was 29 years old, the mother of a young son and she had cervical cancer. She was told the disease was severe, requiring a radical hysterectomy, and she was...
Read Jane's full storyLindita Peposhi had a weird pain on the right side of her abdomen. It wasn't sharp like appendicitis and it wasn't debilitating, but she wanted it checked. A doctor prescribed an antibiotic...
Read Lindita's full storyWhen Deyka Torres was told she had cancer, she was scared, really scared. Immediately, she had two thoughts, "Am I going to die from this? And if not, what do I have to do to get better? Deyka was 37 years old, a mother of three,...
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