Personalized Support
We’re here for you—every step of the way. The Penn Medicine | Virtua Cancer Program’s free Oncology Nurse Navigation program pairs you with a specially trained nurse who reviews your case with you and provides a personalized level of support to help you better understand your diagnosis, care plan, and medications. You are our focus, our priority, and our purpose.
Your nurse navigator will:
- Streamline communications with your doctors
- Expedite cancer specialist appointments
- Help remove barriers to care
- Connect you to clinical and supportive care services that you may need
Our nurse navigators specialize in guiding patients through:
- Brain and spine cancer
- Breast cancer
- Colorectal cancer
- Gynecologic cancer
- Gastrointestinal cancer
- Head and neck cancer
- Lung cancer
- Prostate cancer
Care for Your Entire Family
We know that other people in your life are likely to be affected by your cancer journey. Virtua provides a full range of counseling services to meet your emotional needs and those of your family. Our oncology clinical social workers provide individual and family counseling as well as support groups and educational programs.