Fox Chase Cancer Center News

Several Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health Research Projects Awarded Funding Support Grants

PHILADELPHIA (July 13, 2017) – Fox Chase Cancer Center announced the results of its 2017 Supported Pilot Project and Supported High Throughput Screening Project competitions. Several researchers will receive funding as part of the center’s Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) from the National Cancer Institute. Three pilot projects and one high throughput screening project were recognized.

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Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Created at Fox Chase Cancer Center

PHILADELPHIA (July 11, 2017) -The Pain & Palliative Care Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center is proud to offer a new Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship in partnership with the Hospice of the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia and Temple University Hospital. The one-year program is approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

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Researchers Identify the Function of a Novel Breast Cancer Gene

PHILADELPHIA (July 10, 2017) – Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified the specific ways in which the CCDC170 gene may influence breast cancer risk or progression. The laboratories of Xiaowei Chen, PhD, and Richard A. Katz, PhD, have discovered a function for the CCDC170 protein that suggests a mechanism related to the hallmark changes in cell movement seen in breast cancer.

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