Fox Chase Cancer Center News

BRCA1 Mutations Influence Therapy Resistance Mechanisms in Breast and Ovarian Cancers

PHILADELPHIA (September 25, 2018)— In addition to impacting cancer risk, mutations in the BRCA1 gene also have a role in determining whether a patient responds to certain types of therapies. In a new publication, Neil Johnson, PhD, found that cancers with different types of BRCA1 mutations have varying susceptibilities to biological pathways that induce resistance to PARP inhibitors, an emerging class of cancer drugs

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Fox Chase Physician Wins Statewide ‘Everyday Hero’ Award

PHILADELPHIA (August 23, 2018) – Alexander Kutikov, MD, FACS, chief, Division of Urology and Urologic Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been named August’s Everyday Hero by the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED). The award is designed to showcase talented physicians who probably don’t view themselves as heroes, but to patients and colleagues they are.

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Rare Pediatric Cancer Initiative to be Announced at Biden Cancer Summit

PHILADELPHIA (September 21, 2018)— On September 21, Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden are hosting the National Biden Cancer Summit in Washington, D.C., to drive the urgency of now by promoting new solutions, bringing together problem solvers, and telling stories that epitomize what it means to be cancer FIERCE. The Life Raft Group will announce a new initiative to strengthen and advance research for effective treatments of a rare subset of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) patients who have been unresponsive to the current standard treatments. 

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