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CHOP, a PTEN Foundation Center of Excellence, Hosts PTEN Conference

Jun 27, 2022

As a designated PTEN Center of Excellence, CHOP offers the highest standards in multidisciplinary care.

Two CHOP Physicians Present at PTEN Symposium

Sep 8, 2020

Drs. Adams and MacFarland among select group of conference speakers.

New Treatment Shows Success in High-Risk Solid Tumors

Aug 24, 2020

The CHOP-engineered therapy overcomes common drug resistance and has potential to elicit fewer toxicities than most cancer treatments.

Cancer Predisposition in Children: Increasing Awareness

Jan 23, 2020

A CHOP program is focused on identifying children who are predisposed to develop cancer and using surveillance testing to detect cancers early.

Streamlining Care for Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Feb 12, 2018

The Neurofibromatosis Multidisciplinary Clinic allows patients with NF1 to see three or more specialists in one day, allowing for a seamless flow of appointments from morning until afternoon.

CHOP Oncologist Chairs AACR Pediatric Cancer Predisposition Workshop

Jul 12, 2017

Since its inception in October 2016, the workshop has created recommendations for the 50 most common syndromes that predispose children to cancer and produced 16 position papers.

Why Do Children Develop Cancer?

Nov 18, 2015

CHOP’s Dr. John Maris comments on a just-published major study of genes that raise a child’s risk for cancer, and what this means for counseling families and patients.

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