Fox Chase Cancer Center News

PHILADELPHIA (May 11, 2021)—Cancer health disparities is a broad and complex issue that requires new approaches and adjustments to the existing cancer continuum framework.  Evelyn González, MA, senior director of Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Office of Community Outreach, joined a team of experts from across the United States to co-lead a process to develop a framework aimed at addressing cancer care disparities.   

PHILADELPHIA (May 11, 2021)—Jose Russo, MD, FACP, senior member and director of The Irma H. Russo, MD, Breast Cancer Research Laboratory at Fox Chase Cancer Center, recently published a study showing how significant differences in gene-to-gene interaction provide long-term breast cancer protection in women who have been pregnant versus those who have not.

PHILADELPHIA (May 7, 2021)—Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Jordan Anaokar, MD, as the new site director for radiology.

PHILADELPHIA (May 3, 2021) – Main Line Today has honored four Fox Chase Cancer Center – East Norriton nurses with their 2021 Excellence in Nursing Award. Nurses from Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties were nominated for their dedication and contributions throughout 2020. Fellow nurses from the region voted on the selections.

PHILADELPHIA (May 3, 2021)— Fifty-three (53) Fox Chase Cancer Center physicians have been named to Philadelphia magazine’s “Top Doctors” list for 2021. Physicians on the list were nominated by a national survey of their professional peers.

PHILADEPHIA (April 30, 2021) – Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce its support for the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network’s (BCAN) virtual Walk to End Bladder Cancer, which will be held on Saturday, May 1, 2021, at 11 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA (April 29, 2021)—Fox Chase Cancer Center will be supporting the American Lung Association with a team at the Lung Force Walk 2021, which will be held May 15. This 3-mile walk through the historic Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia helps support and promote lung health by raising money for early disease detection and life-saving research.

PHILADELPHIA (April 27, 2021)—Anna Liza Rodriguez, MSN, MHA, RN, OCN, NEA-BC, chief nursing officer and vice president for Nursing and Patient Services at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has created a process that allows leaders to recognize variations in their performance and create a mechanism by which they can review, report on their action plan, and highlight their best practices.