With a little help from @Sixers mascot Franklin, our team joined Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center to provide a local community with 42 screenings and to speak with men in the Black community, who are at a high risk of certain cancers, educating them about family cancer risk.

Congratulations to Carl June, awarded the Breakthrough in Life Sciences for the development of #CARTcelltherapy , a revolutionary cancer treatment in which a patient’s own T cells are modified to target and kill their cancer cells.

In the era of personalized cancer care, Dr. Ramy Sedhom, MD stresses the importance of oncologist–patient communication. He will chair a session at #ASCO24 to spotlight issues related to improving supportive care & understanding of patients & caregivers. spr.ly/6018boMX0

Join us May 16th for an exclusive in-person event at Rittenhouse Square. Dr.Fayanju MD, Chief, Division of Breast Surgery Penn Medicine will be the Event Chair for the State of the Science Summit: Breast Cancer

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ICYMI! Happening tonight at 6 p.m. OncLive.com

On April 18, The White House's White House Office of Science & Technology Policy hosted its inaugural White House Minority Health Forum. Penn Medicine's Dr. Carmen Guerra took part in a lightning panel session on research innovation for #HealthEquity . #NationalMinorityHealthMonth

For patients with metastatic #BladderCancer , immune checkpoint inhibitors have improved survival outcomes over traditional chemotherapy. Lin Mei explains to CURE Today how quickly the evolution of #immunotherapy has made a dramatic impact. spr.ly/6011beTMx

'Take care of yourself, take walks, & eat healthily. Give yourself a break if you have a bad day, & don’t let it be the only thing you think about or talk about. Don’t stop your life because of cancer.' - Cecilia Loftus, who is being treated for #BreastCancer . #MotivationMonday

ICYMI: Susan Domechek, MD, executive director of BasserBRCA, and Robert Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, director of Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center, discuss #CancerInterception development with rapid advances in technology therapeutics, as well as #GeneticTesting methods. spr.ly/6016bdPGI
Cancer Discovery

.Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health's Maria Wright, BSN, RN, volunteers for the United Disabilities Services Foundation service dog program to raise and train puppies. Although now fighting cancer herself, she still finds comfort and joy in volunteering.

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We are proud to be one of the initial partners for American Cancer Society's newly launched national training and credentialing program designed to standardize high-quality, expert patient navigation for individuals with cancer and their caregivers: spr.ly/6017bRbAt Healio

Throughout its 30-year history, OncoLink Team has aimed to be the premier website for cancer information, available when and where it’s most useful to patients and providers. spr.ly/6014bGS8A

There are many shared risk factors between #CardiovascularDisease & #LungCancer , such as smoking, older age, and systemic #inflammation . Lova Sun spoke with The ASCO Post about how those with lung cancer may have an increased risk of #CVD . spr.ly/6014bG59E #LCSM

While chatting with her friends, Bev felt a pain in her neck unlike any she’d felt before. She thought to herself, 'I’ve got to get this checked out.' Read more about Bev's journey with #ThyroidCancer : spr.ly/6015wA1PN

Nothing more important than supporting patients with #braincancer . Nothing! Today Philadelphia 76ers honored my patient, Georgy Weber: survivor, mom-to-be. @pennNSG Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center NS Tumor Section @NBTS nick are committed to cure #glioma #GBM . Tyrese Maxey work ethic captures the effort needed.

Join us for the 21st Annual Focus on Melanoma conference on Friday, 5/10. The event will address the personal and medical issues of those whose lives have been affected by #melanoma . Register to attend in person or virtually: spr.ly/6010w4nmn #SkinCancer

Targeting two #BrainTumor -associated proteins with #CARTCellTherapy shows promise as a strategy for reducing solid tumor growth in patients with #glioblastoma . Results of the promising Penn Medicine #ClinicalTrial were published in Nature Medicine. spr.ly/6012wtKm6

Karen Bonfanti Davison, RN, BSN, OCN, an oncology nurse navigator at Penn Medicine Princeton Health, answers common questions about chemotherapy and its side effects. spr.ly/6010wcfLs

Shout-out to Carrie DeFeo, BSN, RN, OCN, one of our #RadOnc nurses! Between her nursing duties and involvement with her unit’s newly formed Sunshine Council, DeFeo has no shortage of responsibilities. Still, she finds the time to send weekly messages of encouragement to her team.

New research from Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center at #AACR24 showed that a Penn-developed educational video increased knowledge about #prostatecancer and screening, and reduced uncertainty about obtaining prostate cancer screening in a diverse group of more than 600 men. ➡️ spr.ly/6011weWTh