Fox Chase Cancer Center News

Scanning over 14,000 neighborhood variables from the U.S. Census for associations with prostate cancer aggressiveness, the study identified 17 neighborhood variables that were most significantly associated with advanced prostate cancer in white men.   

PHILADELPHIA (April 12, 2016) — In a unanimous vote by the council and general membership, Fisher was voted in as an honorary member and Chernoff was elected as an active member. Just seven new members were elected to the club this year.

PHILADELPHIA (April 11, 2016) — Fox Chase Cancer Center hosted its Annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon on Friday, April 8, 2016, honoring volunteers for their hard work and dedication to the Center, its faculty, patients and families.

PHILADELPHIA (April 8, 2016) — Rosaleen B. Parsons, MD, FACR,  chair of diagnostic imaging at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been elected an SAR fellow in recognition of significant contributions to the field.

PHILADELPHIA (April 7, 2016) — The meeting for the Society’s 100th Anniversary will be held in Philadelphia this month.

PHILADELPHIA (April 6, 2016) — Improved rates of cancer-specific survival, but not overall survival, were linked to clinical diagnosis.

PHILADELPHIA (April 5, 2016) —  "Our findings have broad implications for the design of future clinical trials and the interpretation of current and previous studies,” said lead study investigator Nicholas G. Zaorsky, MD, resident physician in radiation oncology at Fox Chase.