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Fox Chase Cancer Center Invests in Expanding Access to Lifesaving Radiopharmaceuticals for Cancer Patients

November 1st 2023

As the first initiative of an emerging collaboration, Fox Chase Cancer Center has invested in Nucleus RadioPharma, a company specializing in the development and distribution of radiopharmaceuticals, targeted therapies that deliver radiation directly to cancer cells.

Study Discovers a Mechanism for Genetic Changes in Therapy-Induced Leukemia, Builds on Fox Chase History of Exploring Links Between Epigenetics, Genetics, and Cancer

October 10th 2023

In a recent study, researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center demonstrated how amplification and rearrangement of a gene associated with leukemia known as MLL is directly controlled by epigenetic factors, providing needed insights into a new therapeutic opportunity.

Fox Chase Cancer Center and Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Researchers Will Be Principal Investigators on a New Epidemiological Study of Asian Americans

October 5th 2023

Researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University will serve as two of the principal investigators on the Asian American Community Cohort and Equity Study, which is part of a new seven-year epidemiological cohort study of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.

Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes Dr. Sara Small

September 18th 2023

Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Sara Small, MD, PhD, as an assistant professor in the Department of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapies.

Fox Chase Chief Nursing Officer and Clinical Practice Lead Selected as Finalists for 2023 Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania

September 13th 2023

Anna Liza Rodriguez, MSN, MHA, RN, OCN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer at Fox Chase Cancer Center, is a finalist in the Nursing Administration – Executive/CNO category for the 2023 Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania, which recognize nursing excellence in the state.

Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health Welcome Dr. Randall A. Lee

September 11th 2023

Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health are pleased to announce the hiring of Randall A. Lee, MD, as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urology and a member of the Fox Chase-Temple Urologic Institute.

Fox Chase Researcher Receives Grant for Study of RNA, Telomerase and Implications for Disease

August 25th 2023

A Fox Chase Cancer Center researcher has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to investigate RNA structure and stability, work that has implications for cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other degenerative diseases and continues the Fox Chase legacy of basic research.

Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes Dr. Christopher G. Cann

August 23rd 2023

Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Christopher G. Cann, MD, as an assistant professor in the Department of Hematology/Oncology with a focus on gastrointestinal cancers.

Researcher at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Fox Chase Cancer Center Awarded $450,000 Grant for Breast Cancer Work

July 12th 2023

Lucia Borriello, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Cancer and Cellular Biology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and a member of the Cancer Signaling and Microenvironment research program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been awarded a three-year $450,000 research grant from Susan G. Komen.

Fox Chase Cancer Center Study Challenges Assumptions About Cystic Renal Masses

June 30th 2023

A new study from Fox Chase Cancer Center that was featured on the cover of the Journal of Urology, published by Wolters Kluwer sheds more light on cystic renal masses.

Fox Chase Cancer Center Researchers Show Alternate Response Criteria May Allow Early Outcome Prediction in Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

June 28th 2023

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have utilized banked computed tomography to evaluate alternate response criteria for early prediction of outcomes in rare pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

Four Fox Chase Cancer Center Practitioners Recognized as Top Physicians Under 40 by Pennsylvania Medical Society

June 23rd 2023

The Pennsylvania Medical Society released its list of the 2023 Top Physicians Under 40 award recipients; 4 Fox Chase Cancer Center physicians were honored.

Case Study Shows That Drug Sensitivity Testing Could Help Personalize Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treatment Selection

June 7th 2023

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have developed a model that mimics patients’ tumor microenvironment that they believe has the potential to inform therapeutic decision making and presented a case study demonstrating the use of the model recently at the Atlantic Regional Hematopathology Meeting.

Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Dr. Mary Daly Receives Inaugural Impact Award From Basser Center for BRCA

May 31st 2023

Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Mary Daly, MD, PhD, FACP was recently recognized as the first recipient of the BRCA Impact Award from Penn Medicine’s Basser Center for BRCA.

Fox Chase Physician Wins Best Poster Award at Breast Cancer Meeting for Research on Surgery to Remove Lymph Nodes

May 26th 2023

Austin D. Williams, MD, MSEd, of Fox Chase Cancer Center, received the Best Poster Award at the recent 24th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons.

Lewis Katz School of Medicine’s Dr. Matthew Lee Discusses Experience With New Robotic Laparoscopic Procedure at 2023 AUA Annual Meeting

May 12th 2023

Matthew Lee, MD, MBA, discusses his use of a new robotic laparoscopic procedure to treat a complication caused by cancer radiation therapy at the 2023 American Urological Association Annual Meeting.

Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes Dr. Abigail T. Berman

May 10th 2023

Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Abigail T. Berman, MD, MSCE, as an assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology.

Temple Health Launches New Fox Chase-Temple Urologic Institute

May 4th 2023

Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health are pleased to announce the new Fox Chase-Temple Urologic Institute, a groundbreaking initiative that will concentrate on both benign and oncologic urology.

Researcher at Lewis Katz School of Medicine and Fox Chase Wins $800,000 Grant for Work on Childhood Cancers

May 1st 2023

Christian Hurtz, PhD, an assistant professor at the Fels Cancer Institute for Personalized Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, has been awarded a four-year $800,000 A-Award by Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer.

Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes Dr. Maryam Ijaz Khan

April 27th 2023

Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Maryam Ijaz Khan, MD, as an associate professor in the Division of Endocrinology.