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Cancer Patients Can Now Receive Treatment Locally As Phillips Family Cancer Center Is Set To Open In Southampton

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The primary piece of machinery used to deliver radiation

The primary piece of machinery used to deliver radiation

called a linear accelerator

called a linear accelerator

is located in a thick vault on the ground floor made out of four to five feet of concrete. DANA SHAW

is located in a thick vault on the ground floor made out of four to five feet of concrete. DANA SHAW

The chemotherapy infusion area at the new Phillips Family Cancer Center in Southampton. DANA SHAW

The chemotherapy infusion area at the new Phillips Family Cancer Center in Southampton. DANA SHAW

The chemotherapy infusion area at the new Phillips Family Cancer Center in Southampton. DANA SHAW

The chemotherapy infusion area at the new Phillips Family Cancer Center in Southampton. DANA SHAW

The Phillips Family Cancer Center will open on April 25. DANA SHAW

The Phillips Family Cancer Center will open on April 25. DANA SHAW

The Phillips Family Cancer Center will open on April 25. DANA SHAW

The Phillips Family Cancer Center will open on April 25. DANA SHAW

The Phillips Family Cancer Center will open on April 25. DANA SHAW

The Phillips Family Cancer Center will open on April 25. DANA SHAW

The Phillips Family Cancer Center. PRESS FILE

The Phillips Family Cancer Center. PRESS FILE

authorAnisah Abdullah on Apr 22, 2019
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, in partnership with Stony Brook Medicine, will officially open its Phillips Family Cancer Center on April 25, becoming the South Fork’s first medical center to offer... more

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