While having too many options can be overwhelming at times, for a patient newly diagnosed with breast cancer, having a number of treatment options to choose from can be a good thing. Many women faced with breast cancer immediately assume that mastectomy may...
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Originally published in Forward, Spring 2012 During her more than 50-year career at Fox Chase, geneticist Beatrice Mintz has helped to unravel the origins of cancer by asking what she calls “big questions.” These questions have led her to mak...
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Maddy WeberOriginally published in Forward, Fall 2012Becoming ‘comprehensive’ meant melding of culturesJust 40 years ago, the Fox Chase Cancer Center of today—a place known for providing top-level patient care and conducting cutting-edge research—was ...
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Greg LesterOriginally published in Forward, Spring 2009 Fox Chase’s Baruch S. Blumberg was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1976 for his work in discovering the hepatitis B virus, the leading cause of liver cancer.He subs...
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by Maddy WeberFrom Fox Chase Cancer Center Connect, April 18, 2012 “I had no intention of being the person I am today,” Camille Ragin, PhD, told a crowd at the Franklin Institute on March 23, tracing her unpredictable path from a childhood in Jamaica t...
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Originally published in Forward, Fall 2012 Immunologist Helped Save Millions of Lives Retired Fox Chase researcherIrving Millman, who played an instrumental role in the development of the hepatitis B vaccine and screening test, died in April at t...
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