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April 21, 2017

Philadelphia Magazine names 37 Fox Chase Cancer Center Physicians as Top Doctors

 Philadelphia Magazine named thirty-seven Fox Chase Cancer Center physicians to their “Top Doctors” list for 2017.Diagnostic ImagingGary S. Cohen, MD – Vascular & Interventional Radiology (TUH/FCCC)Kathryn A. Evers, MD, FACR – Diagnostic Radiology ...

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Philadelphia Magazine names 37 Fox Chase Cancer Center Physicians as Top Doctors

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February 28, 2017

Highlights of the 2017 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

 Elizabeth R. Plimack, MD, MS, of Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, chaired a session on bladder cancer at the 2017 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, held February 16–18, 2017, in Orlando, Florida. The session focused on optimizing outcomes ...

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March 2, 2016

April 2nd: New Directions in the Diagnosis & Treatment of Hematologic Cancers

Dr. Henry Fung and his Fox Chase colleagues present a Continuing Medical Education event on developments in Aggressive Lymphoma; Myelodysplasia; Plasma Cell Dyscrasia; Acute Leukemia and Myeloproliferative Disease; Less Common Lymphomas; Consultative Hemato...

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April 2nd: New Directions in the Diagnosis & Treatment of Hematologic Cancers

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December 7, 2015

Post-transplantation Relapse in Lymphomas

If the lymphoma comes back (relapses) after having received a stem cell transplant, treatment options are very limited. Treatment of a post-transplant relapse is further complicated by residual side effects related to the transplant. In the world of bone...

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January 23, 2015

A New Procedure Called HIPEC Offers New Treatment Options for Cancer Patients

  The acronym HIPEC stands for hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy.  This procedure is a novel method of delivering chemotherapy in the operating room during surgery for the treatment of advanced cancers that have spread to the lining o...

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A New Procedure Called HIPEC Offers New Treatment Options for Cancer Patients

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September 4, 2014

Epigenetic Therapy Tests at Fox Chase

Dr. Patricia Kropf and Dr. Jean-Pierre Issa, a researcher at Fox Chase, are testing the next generation of epigenetic therapy, using genes to fight cancer. It’s being funded by Stand Up To Cancer. Stephanie Stahl and CBSPhilly filed a report on the benefits...

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