Fox Chase Cancer Center News

PHILADELPHIA (July 27, 2023) — Andrea Porpiglia, MD, MSc, FACS, an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgical Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been promoted to Assistant Program Director for the Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship.

PHILADELPHIA (July 27, 2023)—Temple Health and Fox Chase Cancer Center are pleased to announce the hiring of Sukhmani K. Padda, MD, as Professor and Vice Chair of Medical Oncology at the Fox Chase Cancer Center at Temple University Hospital.

PHILADELPHIA (July 24, 2023) — Previous research has shown that blocking the ability of leukemia cells to repair self-inflicted genetic damage can cause them to die off on their own. But while this approach is effective in the short term, the cancer eventually comes back.

PHILADELPHIA (July 24, 2023) — Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have made a new discovery about the transcription factor ThPOK that may be useful in the treatment of sepsis, other types of pathogen invasion, and ultimately, cancer.

PHILADELPHIA (July 20, 2023) — Martin Edelman, MD, Chair of the Department of Hematology/Oncology and Deputy Cancer Center Director for Clinical Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been appointed inaugural Chair of the Department of Medical Oncology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine (LKSOM) at Temple University.

PHILADELPHIA (July 18, 2023) — The two leaders of Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Immersion Science Program (ISP) have been awarded the Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize from the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) at the organization’s 82nd Annual Meeting, which is being held this week in Chicago. The award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding and innovative contributions to teaching and learning in developmental biology and related areas.

PHILADELPHIA (July 7, 2023) — Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health were recently awarded a three year, $1.2 million grant to study sulforaphane, a promising cancer preventive agent derived from broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, for the prevention of malignant mesothelioma.

PHILADELPHIA (June 29, 2023)—A team of nurse navigators at Fox Chase Cancer Center recently published a paper describing significant contributions they made to the patient access redesign at Fox Chase, an initiative that enhanced both the experience of patients and the professional satisfaction of the nurse navigators.