MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Cancer patients in Marion County will no longer need to travel very far for treatment, thanks to the availability of added WVU Cancer Institute services at WVU Medicine Fairmont Medical Center (FMC).

WVU Medicine and WVU Cancer Institute leadership gathered today (Sept. 5) to celebrate the partnership by cutting the ribbon on the new medical oncology clinic at FMC, a campus of WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital.

The medical oncology clinic, located on the hospital’s third floor, expands cancer care at FMC, which has offered radiation oncology services in the building adjacent to the main hospital for several years. In addition, a new chemotherapy infusion center is slated to open on FMC’s third floor in late October.

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