Fox Chase Cancer Center News

PHILADELPHIA (June 6, 2017) - It is with great respect that we remember and pay tribute to an admired colleague and friend, a luminary in his field, and a noted figure within Fox Chase Cancer Center’s legacy. We join you in mourning the loss of W. Thomas London, MD, Professor Emeritus, on Saturday, June 3, following an apparent heart attack. He was 85 years old.

PHILADELPHIA (June 2, 2017) - Martin J. Edelman, MD, FACP, chair of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, presented the results of a clinical study testing palbociclib at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago. Of the 32 patients evaluated, only two responded to the drug, showing it to be ineffective on its own for patients with squamous NSCLC.

PHILADELPHIA (June 1, 2017) - Approximately 200 students from five area high schools will come together at Fox Chase Cancer Center on June 5 to present data they gathered through the Center’s Immersion Science Program.

PHILADELPHIA (May 16, 2017) – Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the arrival of Roman Petrov, MD, who will join the faculty as assistant professor in the division of thoracic surgery. He will concurrently serve as assistant professor of thoracic medicine and surgery at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. Dr. Petrov's clinical interests include Lung and Esophageal cancer, benign foregut diseases and chest wall tumors and deformities, including Thoracic outlet syndrome.

​PHILADELPHIA, PA (May 15, 2017) – Springside Chestnut Hill Academy has awarded Rosaleen B. Parsons, MD, its Distinguished Alumnae Award. Parsons is chair of the Department of Diagnostic Imaging at Fox Chase Cancer Center, where she has worked since 1999.

PHILADELPHIA (May 15, 2017) – Medical oncologists Lori Goldstein, MD, and Elias Obeid, MD, MPH, are opening a phase 2 immunotherapy clinical trial for newly diagnosed, locally recurrent, or metastatic HER2-overexpressing breast cancer.

PHILADELPHIA (May 8, 2017) — May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. When outdoors this season, remember to protect your skin from the sun’s damaging rays. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), skin cancer is by far the most common type of cancer in the U.S. Fox Chase Cancer Center seeks to educate individuals on the early signs of skin cancer and steps you can take to prevent the disease.

PHILADELPHIA, PA (April 27, 2017) – Pooja Ghatalia, MD, a fellow in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been awarded the Kidney Cancer Association Young Investigator Award.