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About the Cancer Center
Program Accreditation
In October 1999, the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons granted approval to Raritan Bay Medical Center's Jacqueline M. & Robert N. Wilentz Cancer Center.
Established in 1932, the approvals program sets standards for cancer programs. Receiving care at a Commission on Cancer approved cancer program ensures that a patient will have access to:
- Comprehensive care offering a range of state-of-the-art services and equipment.
A multispecialty, team approach to coordinate the best treatment options available to cancer patients.
Information about cancer clinical trials, education and support.
Lifelong patient follow-up through a cancer registry that collects data on type and stage of cancers and treatment results.
Ongoing monitoring against the highest standards in the nation.
Approval by the Commission on Cancer is given only to those facilities that have voluntarily committed to provide the best in diagnosis and treatment of cancer and to undergo a rigorous evaluation process and a review of its performance. In order to maintain approval, facilities with approved cancer programs must undergo an on-site review every three years.
Slightly more than one-fifth of the country's hospitals have approved cancer programs, and more than 80 percent of patients who are newly diagnosed with cancer are treated in those facilities.
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 Cancer Institute of New Jersey
The Jacqueline M. & Robert N. Wilentz Cancer Center at Raritan Bay Medical Center is a Clinical Research affiliate of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey. CINJ has been extremely supportive of our efforts to develop a comprehensive oncology program within the familiar environment of a neighborhood community hospital. CINJ continues to provide Raritan Bay with professional, clinical, educational and advanced research assistance and support.
Established in 1990, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) is the only center in the State designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and one of only 13 NCI designated clinical cancer centers in the nation.
CINJ delivers advanced comprehensive care, conducts world class cancer research, transforms laboratory discoveries into clinical practice and provides education regarding cancer prevention, detection and treatment. CINJ also offers the latest clinical trials and experimental therapies that are sometimes the only hope for patients with certain types or stages of cancer.
Cancer Institute of New Jersey
195 Little Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 235-6777
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 Inpatient Unit
The Jacqueline M. & Robert N. Wilentz Cancer Center inpatient unit is a 30-bed unit staffed by registered nurses certified by the Cancer Institute of New Jersey in the administration of chemotherapy. All registered nurses (RN) who staff the unit are proficient in oncology patient management. The Patient Care Coordinator sets a high standard with an MS in Nursing and certification by the Oncology Nursing Society. The staff strives to maintain a patient and patient family focused plan of care with the cooperation of the multi-disciplinary team approach. The multidisciplinary team has representatives from nursing, social services, discharge planning, physical therapy, and dietary services.
Pain Management
Raritan Bay Medical Center utilizes the unique talents of a multidisciplinary pain management team to help control pain and comfort for Oncology patients. Oncology unit professionals have immediate access to this resource as required to assist the physician and patient.
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Outpatient Services
By utilizing the resources at both divisions of Raritan Bay Medical Center, Cancer patients and their families have access to many convenient and supportive services, eliminating the need for unnecessary travel to distant locations for additional treatment or rehabilitation.
Medical Day Stay
The Medical Day Stay units found at both divisions offer a convenient and comfortable environment to those patients who require medical therapies, but do not need to be admitted for an overnight stay. A patient might come to the Medical Day Stay just once, or every day for weeks, or perhaps once a week for several months.
This outpatient service available 7 days a week from 7am to 7pm provides quality oncology ambulatory services including; administration of chemotherapy and other adjuvant therapies such as epogen, neupogen, blood and blood products. Patients undergoing many radiological and diagnostic procedures may be seen in the medical day stay unit prior to and after procedures.
The Center for Women at Raritan Bay Medical Center
The Center For Women provides testing and education focused on women's specific health care needs. Services include Mammography, Stereotactic Needle Core Biopsy, and Bone Densitometry, education in the latest self-breast examination techniques and information and support on women's general health issues.
The Center for Women also hosts a highly successful Women's Lecture Series featuring clinical, societal and health related topics of immediate interest to women everywhere. To find out about our upcoming schedule of lectures call (732) 360-4232 or click on the link above.
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Community Oncology Clinic
The Hematology/Oncology clinic is held on the first and third Thursday of each month at the Joseph S. Yewaisis Outpatient Center located at 516 Lawrie St. in Perth Amboy, at the Perth Amboy division of Raritan Bay Medical Center.
An oncologist from the Medical Staff sees each patient. Communication among the outpatient Center, Medical Day Stay Unit and the Jacqueline M. & Robert N. Wilentz Cancer Center allows for continuity of care during all phases of the patient's treatment. Call (732) 324-3300 for more information about our twice-monthly Hematology/Oncology clinic.
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Our History
- March 1997, Raritan Bay Medical Center dedicates the Jacqueline M. & Robert N. Wilentz Cancer Center. Raritan Bay Medical Center maintains a community affiliation relationship with the Cancer Institute of New Jersey.
- May 1999, the center announces its participation in the "S.T.A.R." trial, one of the largest breast cancer prevention studies ever undertaken.
- October 1999, the center was proudly awarded a three-year cancer program approval by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.
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.What's Behind Our Name
Jacqueline M. & Robert N. Wilentz, for who the cancer program at Raritan Bay Medical Center is named, where long-time Perth Amboy residents who embodied a special spirit of compassion and caring. Raritan Bay Medical Center is proud to associate our program with the Wilentz family, a name that means so very much to the residents of greater Middlesex County.
Jacqueline Malino Wilentz, was an accomplished artist who worked in watercolors, oils and acrylics on canvas and acrylics and monotypes on paper. Born in New York City in 1928 and she was educated at the Fieldston School and Vassar College. Her post-graduate work included studies in art history at Columbia University, and in drawing and painting at the Museum of Modern Art. Her studio artwork was done at the 92nd Street "Y," the Bercone Studios and with several New York artists including Lionel Gilbert and the WPA artist Zoltan Hecht. Ms. Wilentz was a long-time resident of Perth Amboy, living on Lewis Street where one of her favorite sights was the Booz' pier jutting into Raritan Bay. She espoused the cause of public education for Perth Amboy's children. A devoted mother of three, she was a constant companion to her husband, the late Chief Justice Robert N. Wilentz. She fought breast cancer courageously from the mid-70's until her death on March 29, 1989.
Robert N. Wilentz was born in 1927. A valedictorian at Perth Amboy High School and an undergraduate of Harvard, Mr. Wilentz served in the Navy during World War II as a Seaman First Class. After the war and upon graduation from Columbia University Law School, he joined his father and brother in the family-run Perth Amboy law firm. Mr. Wilentz served two terms as a New Jersey State Assemblyman. In 1979, then-governor Brendan T. Byrne appointed Mr. Wilentz Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Under Chief Justice Wilentz's leadership, the court earned a national reputation for its willingness to take on tough and often controversial legal issues, setting national standards for judicial activism. A Perth Amboy native, devoted husband, father and an accomplished pianist, Chief Justice Wilentz held the state's top judicial position for seventeen years. In 1996, he resigned his post because of his battle with cancer. He died six weeks later, on July 24, 1996.
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