The Fox Chase Cancer Center has received a $10.8 million donation to support pancreatic cancer services and research, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

The donation comes from the estate of Concetta “Chet” Greenberg, a Philadelphia philanthropist who died shortly before her 100th birthday in 2021. According to the Inquirer, Greenberg has donated nearly $20 million to Fox Chase in honor of her late husband, Marvin, who died of pancreatic cancer.

The $10.8 million will support The Marvin and Concetta Greenberg Pancreatic Cancer Institute at Fox Chase, created in 2017 with another donation from Greenberg.

Fox Chase Cancer Center has been designated a National Pancreas Foundation Center by the National Pancreas Foundation, a nonprofit that provides support for patients with pancreatic cancer and other pancreas-related diseases. Fox Chase is the only institution in the Philadelphia region to earn this distinction. 

Fox Chase Cancer Center is also one of three National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers — the NCI’s highest designation — in Philadelphia.

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