A article in yesterday’s New York Times (“Cancer Centers Racing to Map Patients’ Genes,” April 21, 2013) discusses the emerging importance of gene mapping in determining precise medical treatment.Fox Chase Cancer Center has been pursuing this course of...

Neck dissection is usually recommended to remove cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes of the neck.Cancers spread by dispersing through small channels, captured in lymph nodes that serve as filters. Cancer cells take up residence and grow within lymph n...

Patients who are faced with bladder removal (cystectomy) are presented with a number of challenges, not the least of which is understanding the type of urinary diversion that is best for them.There are 3 basic categories of modern urinary diversions:(1) inc...

In the absence of level I evidence, physician treatment recommendations are subject not only to the objective (interpretations of the cohort literature and practice guidelines), but also the subjective (training patterns, comfort levels,...

Laura Simonetti, a Lynch Syndrome patient, explains the importance of proactive screening and keeping a positive attitude.I have a very strong family history of cancer. My father passed away in 2008 and had colon cancer three times. My aunt had cervical and...

In December 2012, I performed an Isolated Limb Infusion, making Fox Chase Cancer Center one of the few treatment centers in the country to offer this technique. Metastatic melanoma and extremity sarcoma are some of the hardest cancers to trea...