Fox Chase Cancer Center News

Fox Chase Names Kenneth P. Patrick, MD, Director of the Hospitalist Program

PHILADELPHIA (August 10, 2010) – Kenneth P. Patrick, MD - Director, Hospitalist Service, Internal Medicine, has joined Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Department of Medicine as director of the hospitalist program.  The hospitalist team is dedicated to delivering compassionate, comprehensive medical care to all hospitalized patients.

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Unexpected Viral "Fossils" Found in Vertebrate Genomes

PHILADELPHIA (July 29, 2010) – Over millions of years of evolution, retroviruses, which insert their genetic material into the host genome as part of their replication, have left behind numerous bits of their genetic material in vertebrate genomes. Now, in an unexpected discovery, a team of researchers reports that human and other vertebrate genomes also contain many ancient sequences from two deadly virus families.

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Fox Chase Ranked Among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News and World Report

Philadelphia (July 15, 2010) – Fox Chase Cancer Center is once again ranked among the leading cancer centers in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report's annual "Best Hospitals" listing. For 16 consecutive years, Fox Chase has been one of the top-ranked cancer centers in all of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. In the nation, the Center is ranked 28th overall this year and 16th in reputation, a measure of how oncology peers assess Fox Chase's expertise in cancer research and treatment.

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