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    Support the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center - 1 year(s) ago

    Make a Gift With a gift to Jefferson, you can support path-breaking work that could one day lead to better detection, prevention, and treatment strategies for cancers of all types. You can help improve lives, giving more patients the strength to fight today and the hope for a cure tomorrow.

    Source: giving.jefferson.edu
    Categories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest Headlines
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      This #GivingTuesday, you can help improve lives and give patients the strength to fight today & the hope for a cure tomorrow. A gift to SKCC supports path-breaking work into better detection, prevention, & treatment strategies for cancers of all types. https://t.co/ZSoS41ty3O https://t.co/708RB2RaSQ

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    Jefferson’s Melanoma Research Institute: Discovery Driving Innovation - 2 year(s) ago

    Melanoma is a notoriously aggressive form of cancer that spreads quickly from the primary tumor. Despite recent therapeutic advances, the incidence rate of melanoma is rising across the country, and many patients do not respond to current therapies or eventually relapse. Metastatic melanoma research has been largely overlooked and underfunded. According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI),…

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    Categories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest Headlines
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      Dr. @AndrewEAplin discusses how Jefferson has established a robust research program & has achieved great advances in both targeted & #immunotherapy treatments for metastatic skin #melanoma & #UvealMelanoma via the Melanoma Research Institute of Excellence: https://t.co/wxSU5GCdqT https://t.co/apESWfCJaa

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    Specialty Care Pavilion Meets Present and Future Needs of Cancer Patients, Providers, Researchers - 2 year(s) ago

    The new Specialty Care Pavilion is a win-win-win situation for Jefferson Health and the population it is dedicated to serving. The state-of-the-art building, which broke ground in March 2020 and is expected to open in June 2024, will deliver seamless care to patients, give physicians and other healthcare providers the ability to more easily collaborate with each another, and allow researchers to…

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      "From the standpoint of cancer patients, this is going to be incredible and transformative." SKCC Enterprise Director & @TJUHospital EVP of Oncology Services Dr. @andrewchap361 on the state-of-the-art Jefferson Specialty Care Pavilion coming in June 2024: https://t.co/0qGjILGxdZ https://t.co/4QuScfV2hp

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    Rolling Along to Save Lives: Mobile Unit Brings Cancer Screenings to Underserved Areas - 2 year(s) ago

    Mobile Unit Brings Cancer Screenings to Underserved Areas If people can’t come to the cancer screening, Jefferson Health will bring the cancer screening to the people. The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center and Dietz & Watson Mobile Cancer Screening Van is a life saver on wheels, traveling the region to bring important medical tests to underserved areas. The 45-foot long…

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      The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center and @DietzandWatson Mobile Cancer Screening Van is a lifesaver on wheels, traveling the Greater Philadelphia area to bring important cancer screenings to underserved areas. Read more: https://t.co/IG8H1gEXnh #SKCCOutreach #DriveCancerAway https://t.co/fxcMoWv2Kn

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    On the Forefront of Cancer Research - 2 year(s) ago

    “Never, never, never give up!” Those words of wisdom from Winston Churchill, echoed by an early patient of William Kevin Kelly, DO, inspires the cancer researcher to diligently keep working on finding new treatments for the disease. Kelly, a medical oncologist in the Department of Medical Oncology, director of Solid Tumor Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University, and associate director of…

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      Wm. Kevin Kelly, DO, Associate Director of Clinical Research for the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, constantly reminds himself that “when we do clinical research, we do it for the patient.” Learn more about Dr. Kelly: https://t.co/75izXrs9VG @wkkelly2708 https://t.co/FMfl7cLG9W

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    Honor a Nurse - 2 year(s) ago

    Tell us about a patient experience that stands out to you? During the initial wave of the pandemic, my unit became the Covid Rehab unit.  At that point, we were still isolating patients who were persistently positive. There were some patients who were in isolation for multiple weeks and unable to see their families. We became their only primary human interaction. It was at that point in my…

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      Has a @KimmelCancerCtr nurse made a difference in your life or someone close to you? #HonoraJeffNurse today and help us show appreciation for our strong and compassionate nurses by visiting https://t.co/iN8gD2j25K. https://t.co/btaktUfB7z

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