Fox Chase Cancer Center News

PHILADELPHIA (September 30, 2024) — Using CT-guided online adaptive radiation therapy (ART) for patients with liver tumors has proven to be an effective approach, according to findings presented today by Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

PHILADELPHIA (September 30, 2024)—Eric Horwitz, MD, FABS, FASTRO, Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, was elected to the Executive Committee of the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiation Oncology Programs (SCAROP), part of the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

PHILADELPHIA (September 30, 2024) — Online adaptive radiation therapy (ART) delivered radiation more effectively than conventional radiation therapy in nearly half of patients, while also helping to decrease radiation dose to the esophagus in a majority of patients with thoracic spine tumors. That’s according to the results of a study presented today by Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

PHILADELPHIA (September 30, 2024) — Fox Chase Cancer Center physicians and scientists will participate in the presentation and discussion of nine research projects at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2024 Annual Meeting, which is being held in Washington, D.C., from September 29 through October 2.

PHILADELPHIA (September 24, 2024) — Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Anthony Stack, DO, as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapies.

PHILADELPHIA (September 24, 2024) — Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Hilario Yankey, MD, MBA, as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology.

Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Arielle S. Weiss, MD, as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology in the Department of Surgery.

PHILADELPHIA (September 13, 2024) — Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Alexander R. Vartanov, MD, as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapies.