Fox Chase Cancer Center News

PHILADELPHIA (May 20, 2024) — Pancreatic cancer patients who received single modality neoadjuvant therapy experienced fragmented care, which is care at multiple centers, more often compared with those who received total neoadjuvant therapy, according to a study from researchers at Temple University Hospital and Fox Chase Cancer Center. The research was presented today at Digestive Disease Week (DDW).

PHILADELPHIA (May 20, 2024) — Adjuvant therapy in patients with clinical T2N0 rectal cancer may currently be underutilized, according to the findings of a study from researchers at Temple University Hospital and Fox Chase Cancer Center. The research was presented yesterday at Digestive Disease Week (DDW).

Daniel M. Geynisman, MD, Chief of the Division of Genitourinary Medical Oncology and an Associate Professor in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief for JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is a nonprofit alliance of leading cancer centers devoted to patient care, research, and education.

PHILADELPHIA (May 15, 2024) — Sameer Patel, MD, FACS, Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Fox Chase Cancer Center, was recently named Vice President of the Robert H. Ivy Society of Plastic Surgeons.

PHILADELPHIA (May 13, 2024) — Mitchell Fane, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Cancer Signaling and Microenvironment Research Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has received a $255,000 grant from the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) to investigate the role of aging in immune-regulated reactivation from metastatic melanoma.

PHILADELPHIA (May 10, 2024) — Kara Stromberg, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES, Director of Clinical Nutrition and Nutrition Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple University Hospital –Jeanes Campus, was recently recognized by the Pennsylvania Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics as a Keystone Award winner.

PHILADELPHIA (May 8, 2024) — On April 26, 2024, Fox Chase Cancer Center welcomed staff and faculty from Temple Health to the 10th Annual Cultural Competence & Awareness in Healthcare Symposium in the Center’s Leidy Auditorium.

PHILADELPHIA (May 6, 2024) — In a study presented today at the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting 2024, researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center showed that using numerical cutoffs as opposed to radiologist-read CT scans to determine whether a mass was likely cancerous did not yield more accurate results.