Fox Chase Cancer Center News

PHILADELPHIA (July 12, 2024) — Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University are pleased to announce the hiring of Akina Tamaki, MD, FACS, as an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the Katz School of Medicine.

PHILADELPHIA (July 11, 2024) — Three Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers have received a grant totaling nearly $2.4 million from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) to study racial and ethnic equity in clinical trials.

PHILADELPHIA (July 5, 2024) — By introducing new medicines and therapies, clinical trials—and the study teams behind them—change lives.

PHILADELPHIA (July 5, 2024) — The only way to make dragon boat racing with friends and colleagues even more fun is when it’s for a great cause! That was why our team from Fox Chase’s Department of Radiation Oncology had such an excellent time at the Paddle for Pink Dragon Boat Race on June 15th.

PHILADELPHIA (July 2, 2024) — Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of J. Ryan Mark, MD, FACS, as an Associate Professor in the Department of Urology and the Fox Chase – Temple Urologic Institute.

PHILADELPHIA (June 14, 2024) — Researchers have developed a multicellular model of a pancreatic cancer tumor mass using human cells. The model uses bioprinting, which combines bioinks/biomaterials and two types of cells, to recreate the complex structure that makes pancreatic cancers among the most difficult to treat.

PHILADELPHIA (June 12, 2024) — Fox Chase Cancer Center celebrated a gift of $10.8 million from the Estate of Concetta “Chet” Greenberg, an ardent champion of cancer research during her life. This gift is the culmination of many years of support, bringing Greenberg’s total giving to nearly $20 million for pancreatic cancer research at Fox Chase.

PHILADELPHIA (June 11, 2024) — Lucia Borriello, PhD, 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, was recently elected to the Board of Directors for the Metastasis Research Society (MRS).