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December 1, 2016

Trainee Spotlight: Yifan Wang, PhD

  Yifan Wang, PhDPostdoc AssociateDr. Neil Johnson's LabFox Chase Cancer [email protected]   BiographyWhen I was young I never dreamed of being a scientist until my father died of liver cancer when I was twelve years old.&nb...

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Trainee Spotlight: Yifan Wang, PhD

November 30, 2016

The Study That Launched 50,000 Papers (and Counting)

Fox Chase Scientists Celebrate 25 Years of AKT-Related Research By Bryan Bechtel October 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of a landmark study that originated in a laboratory at Fox Chase Cancer Center. The study, called “A Retroviral Oncogene, AKT, Enc...

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The Study That Launched 50,000 Papers (and Counting)

November 30, 2016

Facing Lung Cancer Together

 November was National Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and Fox Chase Cancer Center started off the month with Together Facing Lung Cancer, an event that united lung cancer survivors, caregivers, and health care professionals for an evening of education, d...

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Facing Lung Cancer Together

November 21, 2016

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center Identify a Large Number of New Cancer-Fighting Molecules

A research team led by Alexei Tulin, PhD, associate professor at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has identified a new group of chemicals that are effective at eliminating cancer in living tissue. This discovery prompted a fruitful collaboration with several Fox Ch...

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Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center Identify a Large Number of New Cancer-Fighting Molecules

November 10, 2016

New phase 2 clinical trial for patients with locally advanced or metastatic sarcoma

As a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Fox Chase Cancer Center offers our patients the most advanced treatment options through clinical trials, many of which are not readily available elsewhere. Our nationally...

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New phase 2 clinical trial for patients with locally advanced or metastatic sarcoma

November 9, 2016

Fox Chase Nurses Host Dinner at Hope Lodge

Nurses from Fox Chase Cancer Center teamed up with the nearby AstraZeneca Hope Lodge of the American Cancer Society to provide the guests with a home-cooked meal.Hope Lodge offers lodging at no cost for out-of-area cancer patients being treated at Fox Chase...

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