Fox Chase Cancer Center News

PHILADELPHIA (October 11, 2019) — Fox Chase will walk alongside pancreatic cancer survivors, their loved ones, caregivers, and researchers on Saturday, November 2 to raise money for pancreatic cancer research and patient services.

Hundreds of dog lovers gathered on Sunday, Oct. 6th to celebrate Paws for the Cause, now in its 20th year,  and raise money for cancer research at Fox Chase. Hosted by the Board of Associates, the one-mile walk around the Fox Chase main campus featured pups disguised as sports players, barnyard animals, superheroes and monsters, as they tried out their costumes in preparation for Halloween.

PHILADELPHIA (October 4, 2019) – Elizabeth Handorf, PhD, and her colleagues used net monetary benefit (NMB) to quantify cost effectiveness.

PHILADELPHIA (October 3, 2019) – No associations between location of the tumor and risk for death or tumor recurrence were found. These data do not change how patients with retroperitoneal sarcomas would be treated, but do provide clinicians with a better understanding of the disease.

PHILADELPHIA (October 2, 2019) – Gina Mantia-Smaldone, MD, has been selected by the Gynecological Oncology Group Foundation and NRG Oncology to receive three years of funding to develop her research capacity and scope as a principal investigator of gynecologic malignancies.

PHILADELPHIA (October 1, 2019) – October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

PHILADELPHIA (September 27, 2019) – These results underscore the ability of a higher-volume facility to provide patients with more experience, expertise, and access to resources.

PHILADELPHIA (September 23, 2019) – Edna Cukierman, PhD, was awarded the grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute to begin research on better understanding the deterioration of collagen integrity via cellular aging and its role in melanoma metastasis.