Announcement

Dr. Lynn Cetin  March 6, 1986 will forever be seared into Dr. Lynn Cetin’s memory as the day her father, Dr. Avedis Cetin, passed away from pancreatic cancer, just four months after he was diagnosed. He was 56 years old. Lynn was only 16 years old, a high school student left to navigate the world […]

WOODBURY, NY – At the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2023, The Lustgarten Foundation and the AACR presented the Lustgarten Foundation-AACR Career Development Awards for Pancreatic Cancer Research, in Honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and John Robert Lewis to Christina M. Ferrer, PhD, from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, and Ashley […]

WOODBURY, N.Y., May 9, 2023 — The Lustgarten Foundation has announced that the 2023 Lustgarten Equity, Accessibility, and Diversity (LEAD) Project grants will be awarded to Karyn Goodman, MD, MS, Vice Chair of Radiation Oncology and Associate Director of Clinical Research at Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, for her study […]

Andrew DeFilippis  Andrew was in his first year of college, and his younger brother Joey was only a first-year student in high school, when their father and role model, Andrew, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was just 59, was in good shape physically, watched what he ate and drank, and had no family history […]

Last fall, Abby Maxam’s doctor noticed something unusual on the radiologist’s report from her routine chest scan: a spot on her pancreas. In fact, it’s uncommon for the pancreas to even be seen on a chest scan. Her doctor assured her the spot was likely nothing worrisome, but recommended she see a gastroenterologist, who then […]

Bologna, Italy – On April 3, 2023, Andrew Rakeman, PhD, and Elizabeth Jaffee, MD, attended the first ever Alma Mater Studiorum/Lustgarten Foundation Lecture in Bologna, Italy at the University of Bologna, led by Professor Riccardo Casadei, MD, Chief of the Pancreatic and Endocrine Surgical Division. The lecture entitled “Pancreatic Cancer: The Commitment of Breakthrough Science […]

Ralph and Nicole Murczek Retired nurse Debbie Flicker died on June 25, 2014—just 11 days after her youngest child Nicole married Ralph Murczek. The funeral was a heartbreaking blur; loved ones were simultaneously congratulating the newlyweds on their marriage and expressing condolences for their devastating loss. Debbie wasn’t the only one in her family to […]

Over 500 pancreatic cancer supporters united at Hudson River Park’s Pier 84 in New York City  New York, N.Y. —Over 500 pancreatic cancer supporters united at Hudson River Park’s Pier 84 in Manhattan on April 16 for a morning of hope, remembrance, and action to raise critical funds for the Lustgarten Foundation. Since its inception […]