Fox Chase Cancer Center News

January 26, 2024

Model Estimated Increased Cure Rate Associated With Adjuvant Nivolumab for Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma

PHILADELPHIA (January 26, 2024) — Patients with muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma who underwent surgery to remove their tumor appeared to have an overall survival benefit from subsequent systemic therapy with the immune checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab, according to an analysis by researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center.

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January 24, 2024

Nursing Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health Receive $564,000 Grant to Increase Clinical Trial Enrollment of Underrepresented Kidney Cancer Patients

PHILADELPHIA (January 24, 2024) — A team of nursing researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health has received a $564,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to fund research into increasing clinical trial enrollment of underrepresented kidney cancer patients by making it easier for them to participate in such trials.

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January 22, 2024

Fox Chase Researcher Receives Grant to Explore How to Indirectly Target Signaling Protein in Pancreatic Cancer

PHILADELPHIA (January 22, 2024) — Amy Whitaker, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Nuclear Dynamics and Cancer Research Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center, recently received a $125,000 grant from W.W. Smith Charitable Trust to evaluate the regulation of KRAS gene expression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

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January 19, 2024

Patients With Lynch Syndrome Not Employing Aspirin to Reduce Risk of Colon Cancer

PHILADELPHIA (January 19, 2024) — Although studies have shown that aspirin can reduce the risk for colon cancer among people with Lynch syndrome, a new study presented today by researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center found that only a minority of patients are taking it as a form of chemoprevention.

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January 18, 2024

Herk’s Heroes Formalizes Its Efforts to Comfort and Support Cancer Patients

Inside every Chemo Comfort Bag is a little piece of the memory of Jerry “Herk” Hertkorn. This past year, his daughter, Fox Chase Cancer Center nurse practitioner Caryn Vadseth, MSN, CRNP , AGPCNP-BC, OCN, turned the group she created in his memory, Herk’s Heroes, into an official 501(c)3 charitable organization with the mission to provide comfort and support to cancer patients.

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January 17, 2024

Fox Chase ICU Nursing Teamwork Leads to No Falls for Two Years

The Fox Chase Cancer Center ICU has not seen a patient fall in the department since the summer of 2020. It is a remarkable feat entirely due to the attention and commitment of the ICU nursing staff, says Kathleen Wolf, MBA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, director of Magnet/Nursing Quality at Fox Chase.

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January 16, 2024

An International Look at Nursing

A nursing mentor and her former protégé—both from Germany—reunited in the United States in mid-March 2023 to discuss the future of the nursing profession and to explore potential collaborations that will help move the profession forward.

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January 12, 2024

Study Finds Novel Mechanism for Making Small Cell Lung Cancer Tumors Vulnerable to Attack by Immune System

PHILADELPHIA (January 12, 2024) — Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified a genetic mechanism that can make small cell lung cancer tumors vulnerable to attack by the immune system.

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