Fox Chase Cancer Center

Yu “Sunny” Liu, PhD, has received a grant from the NIGMS of the National Institutes of Health to study how misfolded human genome can cause disease.

Richard Bleicher, MD, FACS, has been named 2023-2024 University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship’s Annual Distinguished Commencement Visiting Professor.

Jessica Bauman, MD, found that a new integrated palliative care rotation for hematology/oncology fellows improved their palliative care knowledge.

Jeffrey M. Farma, MD, FACS, has been appointed Chair of Surgery at Fox Chase Cancer Center.

Assistant professor Lucia Borriello, of Fox Chase Cancer Center, was recently elected to the Board of Directors for the Metastasis Research Society.

Fox Chase Cancer Center celebrated a gift of $10.8 million from the Estate of Concetta “Chet” Greenberg, an ardent champion of cancer research during her life.

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have documented the first case of rectal myxoid leiomyosarcoma, a rare cancer.

Maryclare Taylor, MD, presents findings that pancreatic cancer patients on single modality neoadjuvant therapy often face fragmented care.

A study from researchers at Temple University Hospital and Fox Chase Cancer Center found that adjuvant therapy may be underutilized in T2N0 rectal cancer.

Daniel M. Geynisman, MD, of Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been appointed editor-in-chief for Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

Sameer Patel, MD, FACS, of Fox Chase Cancer Center, was recently named Vice President of the Robert H. Ivy Society of Plastic Surgeons. 

Mitchell Fane, PhD, has received a grant to investigate the role of aging in immune-regulated reactivation from metastatic melanoma.

Kara Stromberg, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES, was recognized by the Pennsylvania Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics as a Keystone Award winner.

Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers showed that in men who underwent prostate cancer surgery, urinary sphincter function improved with adjuvant radiation.

Fox Chase Researchers Examine Alternative Methods of Specialized Imaging Scans for Kidney Masses

Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers showed that estrogen is metabolized in lungs, contributing to the development of lung cancer in never smokers.

Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Simon Sung, MD, as an associate professor in the Department of Pathology.

Fox Chase Cancer Center is proud to welcome patients to its newly opened office, which is located at 502 Centennial Boulevard in Voorhees, New Jersey.

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.

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.