Over the last three years, the Chris Draft Family Foundation has been leading a national campaign to change the face of lung cancer. Chris Draft, a former NFL linebacker, has devoted much of his time the past three years to raising awareness about lung c...
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Although we’re in the midst of winter and spring training for the Philadelphia Phillies still a few months away, the teams’ well-loved mascot, the Phanatic, warmed the hearts of patients, caregivers and staff when he made a surprise visit to Fox Chase Cance...
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Where’s my Mojo? Sexuality and a Cancer Diagnosis
Sexuality and libido are hot topics now. Personal products and erectile dysfunction medications are discussed and advertised on TV, in print, and on the Internet by politicians and celebrities, by elderly couples and young starlets. Cosmo and Women’s Day bo...
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Minimizing Prostate Cancer Overdiagnosis without Missing the Target: Harnessing Fusion Technology to Overcome Limitations of PSA
At Fox Chase Cancer Center, we strive to strike a better balance between over-treatment of patients with a low risk prostate cancer and under-treatment of those individuals who are likely to succumb to this disease. In 2012, the United States Preventativ...
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Which Diet is Most Effective?
Current studies are looking at the potential for ketogenic diets to reduce the risk of cancer through glucose starvation of cells and the associated reduction in insulin stimulation of cell growth.The Atkins DietThe Atkins Diet is probably the most popular ...
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BRCA1 Mutations and Prophylactic Surgery – My Story
There is much to be said today about genetic testing and screening for ovarian cancer and prophylactic surgery in the case of BRCA1 mutations. But we need to say more. It can save a woman’s life. And I know because it probably saved mine. My mother passe...
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