The 76ers are showing their support for one of their assistant coaches who's still recovering from cancer treatments. The Sixers are making a donation to Jefferson Health and Kimmel Cancer Center, that's where the coach was treated. StahlCBS3 reports
PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers are showing their support for one of their assistant coaches who’s still recovering from cancer treatments. The Sixers are making a donation to Jefferson Health and Kimmel Cancer Center, that’s where the coach was treated.“It’s a rough treatment, but it’s obviously well worth it to come out on the other side,” Sixers assistant coach Dave Joerger said.“Certainly a moment that I will never forget, you know, hearing the diagnosis,” Joerger said.
He returned to the team in February after being diagnosed in October. The 47-year-old is part of a new trend. “This is one of the cancers that’s becoming more common currently,” Dr. David M. Cognetti, with Jefferson Health, said. “So we’re seeing this more often and more often in younger people.”Cognetti treated Joerger and says he was fortunate to find it early with a lump on his neck that felt like swollen lymph glands.The 76ers are grateful for the treatment coach Joerger received and are donating 75,000 to Jefferson and the Kimmel Cancer Center.
“These are real game-changers for people,” Director of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Dr. Andy Chapman said. “The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center is really going to enable us to extend our community outreach and engagement efforts through screening and education in a big way.”“It will get back to normal but it’s still not there. I can’t stand up and yell as easily as I used to,” Joerger said.Coach also wants to help get the word out about the importance of early detection.
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