Fox Chase Cancer Center News

PHILADELPHIA, PA (October 25, 2013)—Yanis Boumber, MD, PhD, has joined the department of medical oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center after completing fellowship training at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Boumber specializes in treating patients with thoracic cancers, including lung cancer, thymoma, and mesothelioma.

PHILADELPHIA, PA (October 24, 2013)—Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have discovered new clues about how some genes are turned on and off inside a cell—a process that, when it goes awry, can lead to cancer. The new findings appear online in the October 24, 2013 edition of the journal Cell Reports.

PHILADELPHIA, PA (October 25, 2013)—Charu Sharma, MD, MS, has joined the Department of Radiation Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center. She sees patients at Virtua Fox Chase Cancer Center Radiation Oncology in Washington Township, N.J.—a member of the Fox Chase Cancer Center Partners program—providing community-based radiation therapy in a general practice setting.

NEW HOPE, PA (October 10, 2013)—The Bucks County Chapter of Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Board of Associates will host the 17th Annual George Bramhall Memorial Art Exhibition and Sale—featuring works by more than 25 of the region’s finest artists—on Sunday, November 24 from 12:00-5:00 p.m. at the Eagle Fire Hall (46 N Sugan Road in New Hope, PA). A percentage of the proceeds from the event will benefit research at Fox Chase Cancer Center.

PHILADELPHIA, PA (September 13, 2013)—Susan Copley Cobb, RN, MSN, PhD, has joined Fox Chase Cancer Center and Jeanes Hospital as Director of Professional Development and Practice Innovation. In this role, Dr. Cobb will be responsible for professional development and continuing nursing education functions, and evidence-based practice and nursing research initiatives across both campuses.  

PHILADELPHIA, PA (September 12, 2013)—On Friday, September 27, 2013, members and friends of the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local 14 will come together for the union’s 19th Annual Mesothelioma Golf Outing at the Philmont Country Club (301 Tomlinson Road in Huntingdon Valley, PA). All proceeds from the event will benefit mesothelioma research at Fox Chase Cancer Center.

PHILADELPHIA, PA (September 6, 2013)—Paul F. Engstrom, MD, Acting Chairman of Medical Oncology and Senior Vice President of Extramural Research Programs at Fox Chase Cancer Center, is being honored by the Association of Community Cancer Centers with their Annual Clinical Care Achievement Award. Engstrom will receive the award at the organization’s 30th National Oncology Conference in Boston on October 4, 2013.

PHILADELPHIA, PA (September 6, 2013)—Fox Chase Cancer Center will be hosting a Cancer Conversations LIVE event featuring Danielle Ofri, MD—essayist, editor, and practicing physician in New York City—on Wednesday, September 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Fox Chase Auditorium (Center Building, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia). At the event, Danielle will discuss her book What Doctors Feel, which addresses the emotional side of medical practice.