It’s quite uncommon to find a former NFL linebacker visiting a National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated comprehensive cancer center, much less one who visited all 41 NCI centers last year. But when you meet Chris Draft, the reason becomes clear. His...

It’s hard to believe that Temple Health Women’s Care has been open for over a year now. For me, the medical director, the year has flown by and much has happened. All of our medical specialties are up and running and all the doctors and ...

It’s that time again: Breast Cancer Awareness Month: a time for celebration and renewed interest in curing the disease.But, amidst all the headlines dominating healthcare today many people may not be aware that the future of research at academic health...

Look at any group of 50-some women out at lunch together and you will invariably see some sleeveless tops in the cooler months. Some taking on and off of sweaters. Some fanning with a menu. Hot flashes are a nearly universal aspect of passing into menopause...

In a recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, entitled, “Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment in Cancer An Opportunity for Improvement,” a group of experts discussed the findings from a National Cancer Institute working group desig...

The recent work of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) showing the underlying genetic changes for kidney cancer is groundbreaking, and it will lead to major progress in kidney cancer treatment (see related blog). But another exciting new therapy is already av...