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August 10, 2016

Igor Astsaturov, MD, PhD, and Patient Melissa Kartasevich Attend Advocacy Day 2016 to Advocate for Funding for Pancreatic Cancer

In a report of the top five deadliest cancers, pancreatic cancer is listed as No. 3, and it has the lowest survival rate, at 8 percent, among those cancers. With these statistics, it is surprising that in 2013, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) allocated ...

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Igor Astsaturov, MD, PhD, and Patient Melissa Kartasevich Attend Advocacy Day 2016 to Advocate for Funding for Pancreatic Cancer

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August 5, 2016

Fox Chase ICU Nurse Chosen as Finalist in the Giving Excellence Meaning (GEM) Award

Kaitlyn Gregory, DNP, RN, a staff RN and interim clinical nurse specialist in the ICU at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been selected as a finalist in the Clinical Nursing category in the Nurse.com-sponsored Giving Excellence Meaning (GEM) Awards. Gregor...

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Fox Chase ICU Nurse Chosen as Finalist in the Giving Excellence Meaning (GEM) Award

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August 5, 2016

Farm Stand at Jeanes Hospital Offers Fresh, Locally Grown Food to Benefit the Jeanes Hospital Auxiliary

Artfully arranged in baskets with hand-lettered chalk signs, a seasonal variety of fresh produce ranging from berries and sweet cherry tomatoes to bunches of leafy greens, piles of string beans, and ears of fresh corn weigh down the tables of the farm stand...

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Farm Stand at Jeanes Hospital Offers Fresh, Locally Grown Food to Benefit the Jeanes Hospital Auxiliary

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August 1, 2016

Together Facing Pancreatic Cancer Event Highlighted Developments in the Field and Patient Stories

 The urgent need for clinical trials and new therapies was on full display when Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network joined forces for Together Facing Pancreatic Cancer, an event uniting patients, friends, family, clinicians...

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Together Facing Pancreatic Cancer Event Highlighted Developments in the Field and Patient Stories

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July 27, 2016

Fox Chase Hosts Cancer Moonshot Summit to Discuss Research Progress

Can 10 years of cancer-fighting progress really be accomplished in half the time? Vice President Joe Biden believes so, and he has challenged researchers and clinicians around the country to double their progress to end cancer as we know it.In cooperat...

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Fox Chase Hosts Cancer Moonshot Summit to Discuss Research Progress

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July 25, 2016

See What’s Building at Fox Chase Cancer Center

Fox Chase Cancer Center is looking a little different these days as various construction projects are getting underway around campus. Soon, families will have two surgical waiting areas available to them. Renovations of the third-floor waiting area of ...

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