Fox Chase Cancer Center News

PHILADELPHIA (FEBRUARY 9, 2018) – Jean Kozempel, PT, DPT, MS, manager of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been selected by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) to receive the 2017 Oncology Section President’s Award. The President’s Award recognizes physical therapists in the oncology field who are considered pioneers within their practice areas.

PHILADELPHIA (FEBRUARY 7, 2018) – A new paper in the journal Cancer finds that living in ethnic enclaves or areas of high segregation was associated with positive and negative effects on cancer risk, stage at diagnosis, and mortality. Findings varied among the ethnicities and types of cancer being studied.

PHILADELPHIA (February 6, 2018) – Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have found that cholesterol is required for medulloblastoma tumor growth, implying that statins may be an effective treatment option for children with the most common type of brain tumor.

PHILADELPHIA (FEBRUARY 5, 2018) – At Fox Chase, Campbell’s research will continue to focus on the signaling that drives cancer progression, invasion, and metastasis, with the overall objective of discovering and validating new targets for drug development and finding novel biomarkers for earlier detection and therapeutic monitoring.

PHILADELPHIA (January 16, 2018) – Nurses who have graduated from a BSN program who are interested in joining the Fox Chase team are welcome, Sunday, January 28th, 2018. Nursing department leaders and staff will speak about their experiences at the hospital, and answer questions from attendees. Interested nurses will also have the chance to take a tour of the campus.

PHILADELPHIA (January 5, 2018) – The new privately funded pilot project grants were created last April as part of the Special Pledge at the annual In Vino Vita Benefit and Wine Auction, Fox Chase’s signature fundraising event.

PHILADELPHIA (January 2, 2018) – Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to welcome board certified radiologist Laura Levin, MD, as an assistant professor in the Department of Diagnostic Imaging.

PHILADELPHIA (December 22, 2017) – Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Lewis Katz School of Medicine are pleased to announce the winners of its American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (IRG) Pilot Project Competition for Junior Investigators: Sergei Grivennikov, PhD, and Elias Obeid, MD, MPH, assistant professors at Fox Chase, and Rongsheng (Ross) Wang, PhD, assistant professor at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.