SL_HEALTH_1023 - FINAL - R4_Layout 1 10 / 31 / 23 3 : 12 PM Page 1 Cancer hosts a gala event to raise funds for cancer research . The May 2023 event , for H E A L T H example , raised $ 6 million for research and clinical trials at Abramson Cancer Center . Taking action seems to run in the family . Wolfson’s daughter , Stephanie Wolfson Cohen , has followed in her mother’s — and grandmother’s — foot - steps ; she co - chairs the Young Friends of Philly Fights Cancer , which mobilizes younger generations to support the non - profit’s mission . “ It’s been heartwarming to see her involvement , ” Wolfson says of her daughter . “ For Stephanie , her grandpar - ents named the cancer center , so this was something she knew from the time she was young . She understands the impor - tance of doing something about it . Besides her grandmother , she had a close Screening mammography is considered the leading tool for friend who was affected with leukemia in detecting breast cancers at the first grade . When you see cancer their most treatable stages . affect the people you know and love , it makes it much more personal . You realize that cancer is not just something that hap - pens to other people . ” ? Undaunted When you see A cancer diagnosis often stirs up fear , grief , and cancer affect the anger , yet it can also stoke the desire to take action . people you know BY BILL DONAHUE and love , it makes it much Nothing is more personal than a cancer diagnosis . Some who receive such a more personal . diagnosis are overcome by fear , grief , and anger , as they envision the worst . You realize that Others are motivated to fight , both for themselves and for others . Robin Cohen felt com - pelled to take action , even though the diagnosis belonged to someone else . cancer is not just Cohen , an oncology nurse at Lankenau , traces her decision to get involved to a woman named Sandy Rollman . The two met the day Rollman was diagnosed with something that ovarian cancer , and the disease took her life within six months . The experience inspired happens to other Cohen to co - found a nonprofit that might help raise awareness and funds to help those affected by the disease . The nonprofit’s name : the Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foun - people . dation , based in Wynnewood . “ Sandy and I became friends , and she confided in me things she couldn’t confide in her family , ” Cohen recalls . “ By taking care of her , I knew what a woman who has been ? diagnosed with ovarian cancer could go through — not just from a clinical perspective but from a personal one . At the time , women [ with a diagnosis of ovarian cancer ] had Most people believe cancer “ won’t so few resources and so little hope , and I wanted to change that . ” happen to me , ” according to the results of In the more than 20 years since , the Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation has a recent survey provided by the Ohio State raised millions of dollars to fund potentially lifesaving research and clinical trials . It has University Comprehensive Cancer Center . also nurtured a network of programs and support services to help women deal with the Among survey respondents , 75 percent of emotional , physical , and spiritual distress they may be feeling as they receive treatment women and 91 percent of men believe for the disease . they will not get breast cancer , considered Madlyn K . Abramson’s breast cancer diagnosis led to a similar transformation in how one of the most common kinds of cancer , she lived her life ; it also sparked a revolution in how cancer is treated . Through if not the most common . Abramson’s benefaction and vision , combined with that of her husband , Leonard Approximately 297,790 new cases of Abramson , what is now known as the Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine has invasive breast cancer are expected to be dramatically altered how it conducts cancer research and delivers care to those affected diagnosed in women by the time 2023 by cancer in its many iterations . reaches its end , according to the Amer - Abramsonpassed away in April 2020 , but her commitment to help those who have ican Cancer Society ; approximately 43,700 beendiagnosed with cancer lives on through her descendants . Her daughter , Nancy women will die from breast cancer . And AbramsonWolfson , co - chairs the nonprofit Philly Fights Cancer . Every year Philly Fights it’s not just women ; about 2,800 new SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM VOLUME 15 ISSUE 2 38 |