Fox Chase Cancer Center, the first acute care hospital in Pennsylvania and specialty hospital in the country to receive Magnet designation for excellence in nursing services by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®, h...

Breast implants have undergone a large number of revisions since their first release in the 1970s. The two currently available implants are saline implants and silicone implants. The implants used for breast reconstruction after a mastectomy are t...

As chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Fox Chase Cancer Center, I meet many patients who are about to have a mastectomy and have lots of questions. They want to understand their breast reconstruction options so they can decide which is best for t...

 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...