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June 20, 2017

Jeffrey M. Farma Comments on a New Study of Sentinel-Node Metastasis in Melanoma

 In an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer,  Fox Chase surgeon Jeffrey M. Farma, MD, FACS, comments on a new study on melanoma surgery published in the June 8th edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.The study, "Completion Dissection or O...

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June 14, 2017

An Intimate Look at Sex After Cancer

Originally published in Forward, Spring/Summer 2017   By Paige Allen Cancer can take people through a series of waiting rooms, infusion rooms, operating rooms, and hospital rooms. When it’s over, another problem can be lurking in a different room: t...

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An Intimate Look at Sex After Cancer

June 13, 2017

High School Students Present Research at Symposium Hosted by Fox Chase’s Immersion Science Program

 If dietary components and drugs consumed by flies could affect the insects’ cell reproduction, could it do the same to human cancer patients? More than 180 high school students in the Immersion Science Program (ISP) at Fox Chase Cancer Center attempte...

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High School Students Present Research at Symposium Hosted by Fox Chase’s Immersion Science Program

June 6, 2017

In Memoriam: W. Thomas London, MD

 It is with great respect that we remember and pay tribute to an admired colleague and friend, a luminary in his field, and a noted figure within Fox Chase Cancer Center’s legacy. W. Thomas London, MD, Professor Emeritus, passed away on Saturday, June ...

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June 1, 2017

ASCO 2017 Fox Chase Speaker Schedule

  

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June 1, 2017

Trainee Spotlight: Janusz Franco-Barraza, MD, PhD

  Janusz Franco-Barraza, MD, PhDPostdoctoral AssociateDr. Edna Cukierman’s labFox Chase Cancer [email protected]: Janusz Franco-BarrazaTwitter: @JanuszFranco BiographySince my early days in school, I have been fascin...

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