Fox Chase Cancer Center News

PHILADELPHIA (November 04, 2013) -  Prior work in the research laboratory of Jean-Pierre Issa, MD, Director of Temple's Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, showed that the activity of SGI-110 could be directly related to its ability to correct these bookmarks in DNA. Temple is the only local hospital participating in this trial and has enrolled the second-highest number of patients in the country. 

PHILADELPHIA, PA (October 31, 2013)—Steven J. Mattleman, MD, one of the pioneering cardiologists with the Pennsylvania Heart and Vascular–Temple Health practice, has joined Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Department of Medicine as director of the Division of Cardiology.

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.