Generous grant for those battling cancer

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Generous grant for those battling cancer
Cooper University Hospital is expanding its cancer care thanks to a 2 million dollar grant

CAMDEN, N.J. (WPVI) -- Cooper University Hospital is expanding its cancer care thanks to a 2 million dollar grant.

Tuesday, officials at the hospital in Camden announced the generous gift from the William Rohrer Charitable Foundation.

It will be used to expand the cancer genetics program at Cooper's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

It provides counseling, testing and long term cancer risk reduction strategies for people at increased risk for cancer due to hereditary mutations.