Fox Chase Supports Annual Walk to End Bladder Cancer

PHILADELPHIA (April 15, 2019)—Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce its support for the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network’s annual “Walk to End Bladder Cancer.” Faculty, volunteers, patients, survivors and their families will walk together on Saturday, April 27.

The two-mile walk raises money to support direct patient support and bladder cancer research. It will start at Franklin Square Park, at 200 6th Street in Philadelphia. Registration starts at 9:00 A.M. on the day of the event, with the walk beginning at 10:00 A.M. and lasting an hour. Entry fees are $25 for adults and $10 for children. To join the Fox Chase team or make a donation, visit the team page on the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network’s website.

Colleen Tetzlaff, MHS, PA-C, a physician assistant who specializes in genitourinary cancers, leads the Fox Chase team.

“I am walking to support the nearly 81,000 people who will be diagnosed with bladder cancer this year, and to honor the 17,000 who die annually from the disease,” said Tetzlaff.

Fox Chase Cancer Center (Fox Chase), which includes the Institute for Cancer Research and the American Oncologic Hospital and is a part of Temple Health, is one of the leading comprehensive cancer centers in the United States. Founded in 1904 in Philadelphia as one of the nation’s first cancer hospitals, Fox Chase was also among the first institutions to be designated a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center in 1974. Fox Chase is also one of just 10 members of the Alliance of Dedicated Cancer Centers. Fox Chase researchers have won the highest awards in their fields, including two Nobel Prizes. Fox Chase physicians are also routinely recognized in national rankings, and the Center’s nursing program has received the Magnet recognition for excellence six consecutive times. Today, Fox Chase conducts a broad array of nationally competitive basic, translational, and clinical research, with special programs in cancer prevention, detection, survivorship, and community outreach. It is the policy of Fox Chase Cancer Center that there shall be no exclusion from, or participation in, and no one denied the benefits of, the delivery of quality medical care on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, disability, age, ancestry, color, national origin, physical ability, level of education, or source of payment.

For more information, call 888-369-2427

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