Cancer Centers of North Carolina Hosts
An Evening with the Carolina Hurricanes
Raleigh, North Carolina (November 19, 2007) – Cancer Centers of North Carolina hosted several of its patients for the November 17th contest between the Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers at the RBC Center located at 1400 Edwards Mill Road in Raleigh.
On Saturday, November 17, 2007, Barbara Matula, Judy Wilson, Wayne Ingram and Joel Prince, along with their caregivers, joined staff members and physicians from Cancer Centers of North Carolina as they cheered the Carolina Hurricanes NHL team on to victory against the Florida Panthers. During the game the group enjoyed visits from Stormy the Ice Hog, Ron the Ref, and members of the Hurricanes Storm Squad.
The evening was made possible by Hurricanes players Eric Cole and Eric Staal, who generously shared their private luxury box with the Cancer Center staff and patients.
About Cancer Centers of North Carolina
Cancer Centers of North Carolina (CCNC) has been providing comprehensive cancer care and hematology services in the Greater Triangle area
since 1979. Beginning as a single physician practice, originally named Raleigh Hematology Oncology, CCNC has grown to a physician staff of
14 medical oncologists, two radiation oncologists, and the area’s only head and neck surgical oncologist. The practice, which now offers
services in five locations throughout the area, provides advanced, state of the art diagnostic and therapeutic services, including administration
of chemotherapy, biologic and targeted therapies, Computed Tomography (CT), Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), laboratory and
pharmacy services, and an extensive clinical trials program connecting patients to leading cancer investigators around the country. Services
are provided in the context of a pleasant, convenient, community-based outpatient setting, where the focus is on patients and their families.
CCNC brings the best of medical science and cancer care support services together in one organization, offering nutrition counseling,
lymphedema services, physical therapy consultation and fitness programs, social services, stress management, support groups, social services
and financial counseling. Practice sites are located in Raleigh, Northern Wake County, Cary, Clayton and Dunn. For information, call
(919)-781-7070 or visit www.CancerCentersofNC.com.
