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The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital is pleased to announce it has raised $2 million to establish PREVENT, a multidisciplinary program at WashU Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital focused on prevention and early detection of stomach and pancreatic cancers.

Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rare but highly aggressive cancer that progresses very quickly, often over the course of days or weeks.

Thanks to ongoing donor support through The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital, WashU Medicine researchers are making progress on better ways to tackle triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).

Meet four research scientists and physicians who are raising awareness about the need for early cancer screenings, adjusting treatment plans for a greater and faster impact, and drastically improving diagnostic tools at Siteman Cancer Center to create more precise and personalized approaches to therapies.

The Foundation is proud to honor and install Dr. Debbie Lee Bennett as The Ronald and Hanna Evens Endowed Chair in Women's Health at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and is grateful to the donors who made this position possible. 

The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital recently helped fund 12 new projects through the Siteman Investment Program (SIP), a research grant program at Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine.

As young-onset colorectal cancer diagnoses rise, Dr. Will Chapman Jr. and Dr. Matt Mutch are innovating care for colorectal cancer patients, thanks to donors through the Foundation.

We are pleased to announce that the Cancer Frontier Fund at The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital recently funded nine new projects through the Siteman Investment Program (SIP), a research grant program at Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.

Agnes Judge generously donated $1,000 to The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital to support patient care in the Joanne Knight Breast Health Center at Siteman. Siteman was the 48^th of 50 planned visits Agnes has made to leading cancer centers in each of the country’s 50 states. She has donated $1,000 to every center she has visited.

Stephanie M. Perkins, MD, accomplished expert in pediatric and proton radiation, has been named the S. Lee Kling Endowed Chair in Radiation Oncology at The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital. As director of the S. Lee Kling Proton Therapy Center at Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center over the last four years, her many achievements have cemented her position as a national leader dedicated to improving patient outcomes and advancing the proton therapy field.