Penn cancer center links to Bayhealth in Delaware

Philadelphia Inquirer, The, August, 2008 by Stacey Burling Inquirer Staff Writer

The battle for cancer patients in Delaware is heating up. Two months after Fox Chase Cancer Center said it was considering a second campus in northern Delaware, its biggest rival, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, announced its first foothold in the state. Penn has a new partnership with Bayhealth Medical Center in Dover that will link patients there to experts and clinical trials at Penn, a National Cancer Institute comprehensive cancer center.

Penn has similar relationships with nine health systems in Pennsylvania and seven in New Jersey. Officials at both Penn and Bayhealth said planning for the partnership began well before Fox Chase said it was considering Delaware. Rishi Sawheny, head of the Bayhealth Cancer Institute, said he had no problem with Fox...