Why Choose Us for Cancer Care

At The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Cancer Institute, our patients receive superior cancer care, access to clinical trials, and the latest diagnostic tests and treatments, along with the support that comes from a welcoming community environment. Accredited since 1995 by the American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer as a teaching hospital cancer program, we offer coordinated and comprehensive care to not only cancer patients, but to their families as well.

The MedStar Health Cancer Network has joined forces with the American Cancer Society (ACS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable by pledging to support the “80% by 2018” initiative – a nationwide goal to increase colorectal cancer screening rates to 80% in the next two years. Learn more about the partnership. 

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• Breast Cancer, MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center Breast Center
• CyberKnife®, CyberKnife Center
• Lung Cancer, Angelos Center for Lung Diseases
• Melanoma, Maryland Melanoma Center
• Orthopaedic Cancer, National Center for Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors

Learn more about the types of cancer treated at MedStar Franklin Square. 

Awards and Recognition

• MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center has received the 2017 Women’s Choice Award® for Cancer Care. To qualify for this award, hospitals are required to be accredited by the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer, and receive high recommendation ratings for patient satisfaction from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
• MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center has received the 2017 Women’s Choice Award® for Best Breast Centers. The award acknowledges MedStar Franklin Square’s ongoing commitment to providing the best possible care to patients with breast cancer, a disease developed by about one in eight American women during their lifetime.
• Three-year accreditation - National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers by the American College of Surgeons (2014)
• Three-year certification - Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI®) Certification Program (2010)
• The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer awarded a certificate of Accreditation with Commendation to the Teaching Hospital Cancer program of MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center (since 1995)
• 2015-16 US News & World Report High Performing in Lung Cancer and Colon Cancer Surgery

Meet Albert Aboulafia, MD, medical director of The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Cancer Institute, in the video below: