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Cancer Center

Despite medicine’s best efforts, cancer remains a major health threat. Chances are you have a family member or friend touched by the disease. More than 200 new cases are diagnosed in Clinton County each year, with another 1,900 cases in surrounding counties—Fayette, Greene, Highland and Warren.

Add previously diagnosed patients, and that translates into approximately 10,500 residents living with cancer in our region. Because Americans are living longer, cancer patients will need recurring treatments over the life of their disease. CMH has provided excellent care to its cancer patients for years.

However, the Foster J. Boyd, MD, Regional Cancer Center was necessary to bring together a range of advanced radiation and medical oncology services, programs and staff expertise, which will be available five days a week. Support services such as massage therapy, family counseling, nutrition information and an appearance boutique will allow for a holistic approach that focuses on the person, not just the disease.

Until the cancer center opened in mid-February 2007, patients needing extended cancer care (in particular linear accelerator based radiation therapy) needed to travel to major metropolitan hospitals to access high-tech cancer weapons. In order to participate in a coordinated cancer program, area residents often had to drive thousands of miles over the course of their treatment, far away from the support of family and friends.

The vision came in the form of the 18,000 square foot comprehensive regional cancer center, now sits on two acres across from the Clinton Memorial Hospital campus at 31 Farquhar Ave., Wilmington.

With a five-year, $50 million building and renovation project at the hospital completed in 2005, the $8 million cancer center is another critical component of CMH Regional Health System’s ongoing strategic plan and corporate vision to become the best community hospital in America.

Dr. Foster (Jack) Boyd

One who needs absolutely no convincing that the cancer center was another necessary stride in the progression of history for CMH is Dr. Foster (Jack) Boyd. Dr. Boyd was an original member of the hospital medical staff when it opened in 1951 and founded CMH’s accredited cancer program.

It was an easy decision to name the cancer center after Dr. Boyd. In March 2006, during the groundbreaking ceremony, the Foster J. Boyd, MD, Regional Cancer Center name was announced. Click here to read a news release about the groundbreaking.