Susan Roethke, CRNP, MSN, AOCN, ANP-BC

Susan Roethke joined the nursing staff at Fox Chase in 1983. She is currently a nurse practitioner who works with patients with genitourinary cancers.

Nurse Practitioner
Medical Oncology

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Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111-2497

To make an appointment, call:
215-728-2570.

For general information, call:
1-888-FOX CHASE.
An oncology certified nurse will assist you.

Nursing Education:

Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa., Masters of Science in Nursing, 2000

Certification/Licensure:

Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP);
Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN);
Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse (AOCN);
Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP)

Honors/Awards:

Temple University College of Allied Health Sciences, Saunders Award, 2000;
Friends of the Fox Chase Cancer Center Scholarship, 1999;
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Kappa Chi Chapter, 1999;
1995 Special Contributor Award, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 1995

Clinical Interests/Research:

Genitourinary Cancers

Professional Organizations:

Oncology Nursing Society;
American Society of Clinical Oncology

Presentations:

Roethke Susan. Abstract: Safety considerations for Temsirolimus (Torisel TM), a novel inhibitor of mammalian target of rapamycin, in the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma. Poster presentation at ONS Advanced Practice Nursing Conference, # 23A-2539, 2007;

Overview of major cancers:Prsotate Cancer in Core Curriculum Revirew Course for Oncology Nurses, FCCC Dept of Continuing Nursing educaction. Annually since 2002;

Symptom Management: Case Studies in Treatment of Prostate Cancer With Radiation. Fox Chase Cancer Center 17th Annual Radiation Oncology Conference for Nurses, Therapists, and Dosimetrists, 2008;

Renal Cell Carcinoma: Case Studies, in: Latest Advances in Oncology Care. Oncology Educational Foundation and Elsevier/Mosby's Oncology Report Live, 2006;

Long term issues facing men with prostate and testicular cancers, in: Cancer Care Along the Continuum: Issues Facing Men. Fox Chase Cancer Center Department of Continuing Nursing Education, 2005.

Publications:

Hudes GR, Nathan F, Haas N, Cornfeld M, Giantonio B, Greenberg R, Gomella L, Litwin S, Ross E, Roethke S, McAleer C. Phase II trial of 96-hour paclitaxel plus oral estramustine phosphate in metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol. 1997; 15(9): 3156-63;
Roethke SK. Initial assessment and diagnosis. In: Contemporary Issues in Prostate Cancer: A Nursing Perspective (2nd Ed), ed Held-Warmkessel J. Sudbury MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2006: 79-106.