Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology patient Joel Saunders is showing big improvements after taking a new drug aimed at prolonging the lives of people with stage 4 melanoma cancer. Click to read more.
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Great news: Indiana’s NewsCenter reports big improvements in Joel Saunders’ condition.
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Precious tomorrows
Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology patient Joel Saunders is among the first in the nation to undergo treatment with a new drug aimed at prolonging the lives of people with stage 4 melanoma cancer.
Like so many people who discover they have cancer, Joel Saunders didn’t see it coming. Nor did he have a [...] -
Indiana’s NewsCenter updates story on patient Joel Saunders
Indiana’s NewsCenter has updated its story about how Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology is using a very recently approved new drug to treat and give new hope to cancer patient Joel Saunders.
To read the updated story and view the related video, go to:
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Dr. Nattam….2011 Man of the Year!
Congratulations to Dr. Nattam for winning the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Man of the Year award. Dr. Nattam won by raising more money than his competition. For that, we say thank you to all of our supporters.
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Dr. Nattam launches his Man of the Year 2011 campaign!
“Every four minutes someone new is diagnosed with a blood cancer. Every 10 minutes someone dies from a blood cancer. As an adult oncologist at Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology (FWMOH), I am aware of the devastating effects of blood cancer on both patients and their families.”
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Dr. Shalini Chitneni joins practice
Shalini Chitneni, M.D., has joined the staff of physicians at Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology. Dr. Chitneni will be the practice’s primary physician at Parkview LaGrange Hospital.
“We’re extremely pleased that Dr. Chitneni has chosen to join us,” says Dan Konow, chief operating officer for Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology. “She brings an extraordinary [...] -
WOW! What a day! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
To all the ninety one women who donated tissue to this wonderful cause and all of the people who donated their time and talent! It was a great day! We had a lot of laughs, met some great new friends and even shed a couple of tears. Thank you again!
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Area women can contribute to breast-cancer research by donating tissue with us on November 6
Fort Wayne resident Vicki Runge-Helgeson recently decided to unselfishly donate breast tissue as a way to honor two women in her family with breast cancer. Runge-Helgeson traveled to Indianapolis to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center in August to participate in a breast-tissue collection event.
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Calling All Women! The Susan G. Komen Tissue Bank Needs You!
We need your help! We are in need of volunteers to donate tissue samples for the Susan G. Komen Tissue Bank collection scheduled on Saturday November 6th. The goal is to have at least 100 signed up and, so far, we have less than 30.
So if you live or work in the Fort Wayne area and you, [...] -
New Oncology Clinic at Parkview LaGrange Hospital
Fort Wayne Medical Oncology & Hematology, Parkview LaGrange Hospital and Parkview Cancer Services are pleased to announce the opening of the Parkview Medical Oncology Clinic at Parkview LaGrange Hospital. Their close collaboration has focused on developing a setting that will provide comfort, convenience and expert cancer care close to home for patients from LaGrange County [...]