Fox Chase Cancer Center News

PHILADELPHIA (December 16, 2022)—Kidney cancer is the 14th most common cancer worldwide and 9th among men. As such, considerable research has been conducted to improve detection, treatment, and prevention of it in the last two decades.

PHILADELPHIA (December 12, 2022)—Billy Truong, a doctoral candidate at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was awarded the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Abstract Achievement Award for a poster that he presented at the 64th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

PHILADELPHIA (December 8, 2022)—Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of psychologist Lauren A. Rosenberg, PhD, as an assistant clinical professor in the Section of Psychiatry.

PHILADELPHIA (December 7, 2022)—Racial disparities in head and neck cancer (HNC) survival are well documented, with Black patients experiencing twice the mortality rate of whites. Previous research has shown that demographic factors like socioeconomic status and access to healthcare play a role. A study published today by researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center suggests that independent of these factors, race itself may predict disparate outcomes between patients.

PHILADELPHIA (December 7, 2022)—Swayam Prabha, MBA, PhD, a member of the Cancer Signaling and Microenvironment research program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was recently awarded a $792,000 American Cancer Society research scholar grant to investigate new methods for treating lung cancer.

PHILADELPHIA (December 2, 2022)—Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Stephanie H. Greco, MD, FACS, an assistant professor in the Department of Surgical Oncology and director of Surgical Quality, was recently inducted as a fellow into the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery.

PHILADELPHIA (December 2, 2022)—Fox Chase Cancer Center physicians Hossein Borghaei, DO, MS, and Elizabeth Plimack, MD, MS, have been named to the 2022 list of Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate, an information and analytics firm focused on research.

PHILADELPHIA (December 2, 2022)—Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Richard J. Bleicher, MD, FACS, a professor in the Department of Surgical Oncology and leader of the Breast Cancer Program, was recently inducted as a fellow into the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery.