Fox Chase Cancer Center News

Cancer doesn’t stop, and neither do we. This was the sentiment amid gray skies and wet, rainy conditions at the 24th Annual Paws for the Cause Dog Walk, held September 10, 2023 at Fox Chase Cancer Center. The event raised more than $115,000 for cancer research and postdoctoral support at Fox Chase.

PHILADELPHIA (October 2, 2023) — In a recent study, researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center demonstrated how amplification and rearrangement of a gene associated with leukemia known as MLL is directly controlled by epigenetic factors, providing needed insights into a new therapeutic opportunity.

PHILADELPHIA (October 2, 2023) — Researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University will serve as two of the principal investigators on the Asian American Community Cohort and Equity Study, which is part of a new seven-year epidemiological cohort study of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AsA-NHPI).

PHILADELPHIA (October 2, 2023)—Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers will participate in the presentation and discussion of 11 research projects at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2023 Annual Meeting, which is being held in San Diego from October 1 - 4, 2023.

PHILADELPHIA (October 2, 2023) — Radiodynamic therapy at specific energy levels help effectively reduce tumor size in combination with the amino acid 5-aminolevulinic acid, according to findings presented by a Fox Chase Cancer Center researcher recently at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting in San Diego.

PHILADELPHIA (October 2, 2023) — The presence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in breast cancer patients did not predict improved survival for patients who received radiation therapy, according to findings presented by Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers recently at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting in San Diego.

PHILADELPHIA (September 19, 2023) — Melissa Culligan, RN, MS, PhD candidate, director of Thoracic Surgery Research at Temple Health, was recently honored with the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer’s (IASLC) Lectureship Award for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals.

PHILADELPHIA (September 13, 2023) — Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Parth A. Desai, MD, as an assistant professor in the Department of Hematology/Oncology. His clinical practice will be based at the department’s rapidly expanding section at Temple University Hospital, where his clinical practice will focus on head and neck cancer, thoracic malignancies, and translational clinical trials.