The Valley Hospital is now open at 4 Valley Health Plaza in Paramus. (You may need to use 650 Winters Avenue for GPS.) All emergency care is now being provided at this location. Emergency care is no longer available at our Ridgewood campus.
At Valley’s Lung Cancer Program, we believe innovations and breakthroughs continue to be needed for this deadly disease. To this end, Valley physicians and full-time scientists conduct basic research in lung cancer in the Center for Cancer Research and Genomic Medicine.
Our laboratory research focuses on the genetic changes that occur in lung cancer patients as a result of their tumors, and how to detect these changes.
Valley investigators have been able to detect specific genetic changes in blood samples from lung cancer patients, which change back to normal after the lung cancer is removed.
The ultimate goal of this research is the development of a “blood test” for lung cancer.
Not all lung cancers are alike, and some are clearly more aggressive than others. Our research investigates ways to determine which lung cancers are aggressive and which are slow-growing and potentially not harmful.
Specifically, our researchers are identifying changes in the genetic makeup that characterize aggressive cancers, versus slow-growing ones.
In order to support this research, Valley’s lung cancer tissue bank contains over 400 specimens. This tissue bank stores donated lung cancer tissue and blood samples from lung cancer patients who want to participate in our research efforts.
Patients are enthusiastic about the opportunity to make a contribution toward solving many of the riddles associated with lung cancer management, and to potentially affect the lives of future lung cancer patients in a positive way.
