Going back to college as an adult was a challenge I was prepared for.I was not prepared for the news I would receive a few weeks into my second semester: my wife was diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer. After hearing this news, I left school, but she ...

With more frequent use of abdominal imaging, such as CT scan or MRI, the number of people diagnosed with small asymptomatic kidney tumors is rising rapidly. However, 15-20 percent of these lesions are benign, and many are low grade indolent lesions tha...

Although we typically think of women when we think of breast cancer, approximately 2,000 men per year are diagnosed with the disease. We know that male breast cancer seems to behave similarly to female breast cancer, but although the numbers are small,...

About 20 percent of breast cancers have an increase in the amount of a protein called HER2. HER2 is a protein involved in normal cell growth. It is found in increased amounts on some types of cancer cells (HER2-positive), including some breast cancers. In t...

Women seeking options for breast reconstruction for mastectomy should be offered the option of using tissue from the abdominal wall for unilateral or bilateral breast reconstruction. For patients desiring a more natural reconstruction, with the best cosmeti...

To mark the third anniversary of Love Versus Cancer, Fox Chase Cancer Center welcomes Dr. Eva Selhub, author of The Love Response. Thursday, February 21, 2013
 at 7:00pm Fox Chase Cancer Center AuditoriumCatered reception featuring ...