This innovative new facility will link Penn with local gynecologic practices and medical centers throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region in an effort to collect, transport, process and store what would be typically discarded post-surgical tumor tissue and use it to create personalized ovarian cancer vaccines. This process will provide an opportunity for many more women to be treated with Penn’s cutting-edge care, significantly increasing the survival rate and overall quality of life of women battling cancer.

“We are ever so grateful  to receive this contribution from the Antiques Show this year,”  said George Coukos, MD, PhD, director of the Penn Ovarian Cancer Research Center. “It will make a huge difference in our ability to establish this kind of facility so we can reach out to many women.”

Since 1962, proceeds from the Show have contributed more than $17 million for the advancement of patient care at Penn Medicine. Proceeds from the 2012 Philadelphia Antiques Show will help establish the Penn Lung Transplant Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion Center. Ex vivo lung perfusion is a novel donor adjunct used to rehabilitate marginal, high-risk organs for patients who would otherwise die while waiting for transplant. This center will facilitate the rehabilitation of organs normally unsuitable for transplantation throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.