Fox Chase Cancer Center

"Fox Chase Cancer Center's mission is to reduce the burden of human cancer. Fox Chase's activities include basic, clinical and prevention research; detection and treatment of cancer; and community outreach programs.Fox Chase's 100-bed hospital is one of the few facilities in the country devoted entirely to cancer care. In September 2000, the Hospital of Fox Chase Cancer Center became the nation's first comprehensive cancer center and Pennsylvania's first hospital to receive Magnet status for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, which renewed this honor in 2004."