Fox Chase Cancer Center News

PHILADELPHIA (November 22, 2021)—Fox Chase Cancer Center has begun using a new artificial intelligence-powered system called AlphaFold, which allows researchers to develop accurate predictions of how proteins fold into their final structures, making it a tool that could enhance the development of new drugs.

PHILADELPHIA (November 18, 2021)—In a recent study using liquid biopsies and tumor tissue biomarkers, researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center found that PARP inhibitors and PD-1/PDL1 blocking immunotherapy could be considered an effective treatment in eligible inflammatory breast cancer patients.

PHILADELPHIA (November 15, 2021)— Gary Barbera and his Barbera Cares Ambassadors of Gary Barbera’s on the Boulevard, in partnership with State Representative Jared G. Solomon, will present a check for $10,000 to Fox Chase Cancer Center on November 22, money that will help improve the lives of patients and families affected by breast cancer.

PHILADELPHIA (November 9, 2021)—Cihangir Duy, PhD, MS, an assistant professor in the Cancer Signaling and Epigenetics Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been awarded a one-year $100,000 Hollis Brownstein Research Grant from The Leukemia Research Foundation. The grant will fund research into how certain acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells can reactivate following chemotherapy, thus causing disease relapse.

PHILADELPHIA (November 8, 2021)—Fox Chase Cancer Center has been recognized for excellence in patient care with two Press Ganey Awards, the Pinnacle of Excellence Award and the Guardian of Excellence Award.

PHILADELPHIA (November 8, 2021)—In Vino Vita, Fox Chase Cancer Center’s signature fundraising event, was held on October 30 at the National Constitution Center, and raised over $1.5 million for cancer research, treatment and prevention.

PHILADELPHIA (November 4, 2021)—As more radiographic, histopathologic, and genomic data are gathered and made accessible, it is only a matter of time until artificial intelligence (AI) becomes part of the regular clinical workflow for treating kidney cancer, according to a review article published by researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center.

PHILADELPHIA (November 3, 2021)—Benjamin A. Young, CCRP, has been appointed Program Manager at the Marvin & Concetta Greenberg Pancreatic Cancer Institute, where he will work with researchers to coordinate the institute’s basic, clinical, and population sciences research programs.