Fox Chase Cancer Center News

PHILADELPHIA (February 4, 2019) — By diving deep into data about more than 1,300 past kidney cancer cases, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers concluded that there is no compelling cancer-related reason to remove an entire kidney solely based on a tumor’s location in the hilum.

PHILADELPHIA (January 31, 2019) — Over the last four decades, detailed studies about breast cancer in Caribbean women have been limited and should be expanded, because the disease hits this population especially hard, says Camille Ragin, PhD, MPH, associate professor in the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center.

PHILADELPHIA (January 23, 2019) — Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers have found that inhibiting an enzyme critical to cancer cell repair and proliferation may represent a new potential strategy for treating melanoma. 

PHILADELPHIA (January 17, 2019) — Elizabeth Handorf, PhD, has developed a new method that makes analysis of data collected online more reliable by eliminating repeat responders. 

PHILADELPHIA (January 15, 2019) — Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers have found important and unexpected relationships between cytokines, tumor-elicited inflammation and the role of intestinal microbiota.

PHILADELPHIA (January 15, 2019) — There is an opportunity to make a greater difference by identifying biomarkers and mutations that will help oncologists select the most effective treatments for individual patients.

PHILADELPHIA (January 11, 2019) — Readily available administrative databases are a cost-effective tool for investigating treatments for non-prostate genitourinary cancer and identifying research gaps and novel therapies, 

Jefferson to pursue purchase of Fox Chase Cancer Center

Two of Philadelphia’s leading academic and healthcare organizations have signed an agreement that creates an exclusive 90-day window within which to consider and negotiate the acquisition and conduct due diligence by Jefferson of the Fox Chase Cancer Center.

The move opens the door to bring together significant complementary expertise in cancer treatment and breakthrough research to improve patient outcomes across the greater Philadelphia region and beyond.