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May 22, 2013
Kris Lathan

Dr. Kimberly S. Kenton joins Northwestern Medicine as Division Chief for Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery

Kimberly S. Kenton, MD, MS, FACOG, FACS

Northwestern Medicine® welcomes Kimberly S. Kenton, MD, MS, FACOG, FACS as chief of the division of female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery (urogynecology) and director of the new fellowship in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. In addition to her responsibilities at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Kenton also serves as professor, obstetrics and gynecology and urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. 

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May 21, 2013
Megan McCann

Our Stem Cell Transplant Journey: Things We Learned Along the Way

Jill and Mike Folan

Jill Langendorff Folan is a member of the Lurie Cancer Center’s Patient & Family Advisory Board.  In this blog, she shares the experience of her husband Mike going through a stem cell transplant. Jill and Mike are participating in the Lurie Cancer Center's 20th Annual Cancer Survivors' Celebration & Walk on June 2. 

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May 21, 2013
Marla Paul

Chicago to gain more early phase cancer studies and new treatments

Frank Giles, MD

There aren't enough early phase clinical studies of new anti-cancer approaches in Chicago, forcing patients with hard-to-treat cancers to travel around the country hunting for them.

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May 16, 2013
Erin White

Lurie Cancer Walk, 20 years of celebrating survivors

Cancer survivors, along with their family and friends, will celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day, Sunday, June 2, at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University as part of the 20th Annual Cancer Survivors' Celebration and Walk and new 5K run.

The celebration begins in Grant Park on South Columbus Drive and East Balbo Avenue with a timed 5K run beginning at 7:15 a.m. Walkers are encouraged to arrive by 8 a.m. for the festivities. The non-competitive three-mile walk steps off at 8:30 a.m.

Close to 800 survivors, Lurie Cancer Center physicians, scientists and health professionals will be among the 4,000 participants expected to attend. The festivities before and after the walk include a picnic, music, entertainment and an opportunity to sign the Dedication Wall. No pledges are required.

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May 15, 2013
Caitlin Larkin

Family and friends united in memory of a loved one

Christopher Steele’s family and friends recently met with with NMH medical caregivers to celebrate the work and contributions of the Christopher Steele Foundation.

In the early spring of 2004, 21-year old Chris Steele began to experience headaches and blurred vision. An MRI revealed a skull base lesion (beneath his skull but not in his brain) which extended from his right sinus back behind his right ear. A local neurosurgeon referred Chris to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where a biopsy revealed that the lesion was an angiosarcoma, which is a malignant and often aggressive type of cancer. After a medical team ruled out surgical treatment, Chris began chemotherapy around the Labor Day weekend of 2004.

Over the next eight months, Chris received numerous courses of chemotherapy and experienced most of the difficult side effects of this treatment. By May 2005, an MRI had revealed that the lesion had been reduced by 70 percent in most areas and 100 percent in a few areas. Chris had already undergone Gamma Knife Radiosurgery at Northwestern Memorial for a small lesion which had metastasized to his brain stem, and this radiation had completely removed the metastatic lesion.

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