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Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple University Hospital Recertified Under ASCO’s Quality Oncology Practice Initiative

April 12th 2024

Fox Chase Cancer Center has been recognized by the QOPI Certification Program LLC as successfully completing a 3-year recertification for outpatient hematology-oncology practices that meet nationally recognized standards for quality cancer care.

European Urology Names Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Dr. Andres F. Correa Reviewer of the Month

April 10th 2024

The journal European Urology has named Fox Chase Cancer Center urologic oncologist Andres F. Correa, MD, its March 2024 Reviewer of the Month.

Fox Chase Cancer Center and Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Surgeons Elected to Education Committee of the Association for Academic Surgery

April 3rd 2024

Anthony Villano, MD, and Joceline Vu, MD, were recently elected members of the Education Committee of the Association for Academic Surgery.

2023 Fox Chase Cancer Center Annual Report: We Advance Together

March 11th 2024

It is often said that one person can make a difference, but it is also evident that when we band together, we can achieve greatness.

Fox Chase Cancer Center Recognized for Outstanding Achievement by ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group

January 18th 2024

Fox Chase Cancer Center was recognized by the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group for outstanding achievement in accrual, scientific contribution, and more.

Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Zoe Landau Wins Best Professional Poster Award From International Cancer Education Conference

January 7th 2024

Zoe Landau, MPH, Project Manager in the lab of Linda Fleisher, PhD, MPH, was recently recognized with the Best Professional Poster Award at the 2023 International Cancer Education Conference for her work detailing the mychoice digital health tool.

Fox Chase Cancer Center Graduate Student Billy Truong Recognized for Third Year in a Row With American Society of Hematology Abstract Achievement Award

January 3rd 2024

Fox Chase Cancer Center graduate student Billy Truong was awarded the American Society of Hematology Abstract Achievement Award for the third year in a row for his study on targeting substrate interactions of the ERK2 protein that drive myeloproliferative neoplasms.

Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Edna Cukierman Awarded American Cancer Society’s Wilmott Family Professorship in Pancreatic Cancer

November 26th 2023

Edna “Eti” Cukierman, PhD, Co-Director of the Marvin & Concetta Greenberg Pancreatic Cancer Institute and Co-Leader of the Cancer Signaling and Microenvironment Research Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was recently awarded the American Cancer Society’s Wilmott Family Professorship in Pancreatic Cancer.

Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Dr. Elizabeth Plimack Named a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

November 24th 2023

Elizabeth Plimack, MD, MS, Deputy Director and Professor in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was recently recognized as a new fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Fox Chase Researcher Henkel Valentine Recognized as an IMPACT Fellow by the National Postdoctoral Association

November 10th 2023

Henkel Valentine, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Philip Abbosh, MD, PhD, in the Nuclear Dynamics and Cancer Research Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was one of six postdoctoral researchers nationwide recently recognized as an IMPACT Fellow by the National Postdoctoral Association.

Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Dr. Alexander Kutikov to Receive Andrew C. Novick Award at 2023 International Kidney Cancer Symposium

November 10th 2023

Alexander Kutikov, MD, FACS, chair of the Department of Urology and the Roberta R. Scheller Chair in Urologic Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, will receive the Andrew C. Novick Award from the Kidney Cancer Association.

Fox Chase Cancer Center Researcher Receives Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Award

November 5th 2023

Rebecca Shulman, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was recently recognized with the Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Award.

Fox Chase Cancer Center Invests in Expanding Access to Lifesaving Radiopharmaceuticals for Cancer Patients

November 1st 2023

As the first initiative of an emerging collaboration, Fox Chase Cancer Center has invested in Nucleus RadioPharma, a company specializing in the development and distribution of radiopharmaceuticals, targeted therapies that deliver radiation directly to cancer cells.

Study Discovers a Mechanism for Genetic Changes in Therapy-Induced Leukemia, Builds on Fox Chase History of Exploring Links Between Epigenetics, Genetics, and Cancer

October 10th 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.

Fox Chase Cancer Center and Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Researchers Will Be Principal Investigators on a New Epidemiological Study of Asian Americans

October 5th 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.

Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes Dr. Sara Small

September 18th 2023

Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Sara Small, MD, PhD, as an assistant professor in the Department of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapies.

Fox Chase Chief Nursing Officer and Clinical Practice Lead Selected as Finalists for 2023 Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania

September 13th 2023

Anna Liza Rodriguez, MSN, MHA, RN, OCN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer at Fox Chase Cancer Center, is a finalist in the Nursing Administration – Executive/CNO category for the 2023 Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania, which recognize nursing excellence in the state.

Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health Welcome Dr. Randall A. Lee

September 11th 2023

Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health are pleased to announce the hiring of Randall A. Lee, MD, as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urology and a member of the Fox Chase-Temple Urologic Institute.

Fox Chase Researcher Receives Grant for Study of RNA, Telomerase and Implications for Disease

August 25th 2023

A Fox Chase Cancer Center researcher has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to investigate RNA structure and stability, work that has implications for cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other degenerative diseases and continues the Fox Chase legacy of basic research.

Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes Dr. Christopher G. Cann

August 23rd 2023

Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Christopher G. Cann, MD, as an assistant professor in the Department of Hematology/Oncology with a focus on gastrointestinal cancers.