A nationally recognized leader in urologic oncology, Robert G. Uzzo, MD, FACS, understands the value of sharing his knowledge with the next generation. This week, Dr. Uzzo received the prestigious 2014 American Urologic Association’s (AUA) Residents Committ...
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A sea of pink people. That’s pretty much all you saw at this past Sunday’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure to raise monies for breast cancer.Thousands of people: patients, survivors, families, nurses, doctors, friends, police, EMTs, advocates, volunteers, ...
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Every once in a while, it’s important to get on a train and go to Washington to make your voice heard. At Fox Chase Cancer Center’s kind invitation, I went with Communications Director Lisa Bailey and fellow breast cancer survivor Kim Hagerich to the Capito...
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Katie Derickson Originally published in Forward Fall/Winter 2014 In studying protein death, Fox Chase researchers breathed new life into cancer drugs When Israeli biochemist Avram Hershko and his then-graduate student Aaron Ciechanover arri...
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Genetic testing for hereditary cancer risk has been available for about 20 years. A family history with more than one case of the same or related cancers, young cancers, or people who had cancer more than once might be offered genetic testing. This testing ...
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For decades, the Pap test had been the only test available to screen for cervical cancer. The Pap is simple, safe, inexpensive, and most importantly, very effective. The number of cases of cervical cancer in the US has dropped by more than half over the pas...
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