Updated: February 10, 2020 A lot of people think that cancer “runs in the family,” but the truth is that fewer than 10 percent of cancers are the direct result of a genetic defect .  Still, patients are increasingly referred for genetic counselin...

Specialists from Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Temple Head & Neck Institute performed cancer screens on nearly 300 people from April 12-15, 2016 in observance of Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week. The screening was organized by Barbara Ebersol...

A Fox Chase Cancer Center researcher evaluating atomic bomb survivor data concluded that there should be no concern regarding low-dose radiation exposures to children and cancer risk from pediatric CT scans. The data on the long-term health effects of the s...

SAN DIEGO (May 21, 2016) – Drain use during major liver surgery does nothing to improve overall surgical outcomes and may cause excess complications, according to a study presented at Digestive Disease Week/Society of Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, a majo...

Fox Chase Cancer Center surgeon Robert Uzzo has a commentary in Renal & Urology News about "Clinical Trials in Surgery: A New Paradigm." Dr. Uzzo, the Chair of Surgical Oncology and G. Willing "Wing" Pepper Chair in Cancer Research, explains the efficac...

The Immersion Science Program is taking applications for upcoming summer and fall programs.The Immersion Essentials program is open to all rising 8th, 9th, and 10th graders, ages 13– 15, Immersion Essentials will be offered during two weeks this summer: Jul...