Fox Chase Cancer Center News

PHILADELPHIA (April 5, 2024)—Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University researchers will participate in the presentation and discussion of 16 research projects at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024, which is being held in San Diego April 5-10. An asterisk (*) indicates that the author is the main presenter.

PHILADELPHIA (April 4, 2024) — Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Simon Sung, MD, as an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology.

PHILADELPHIA (April 4, 2024)—William Kaelin Jr., MD, physician, scientist, and Nobel laureate, was recognized today at Fox Chase Cancer Center with the Stanley P. Reimann Honor Award, the center’s highest distinction. The award was presented to Kaelin while he was visiting Fox Chase to deliver a scheduled lecture.

PHILADELPHIA (April 3, 2024) — It is official! The fundraising period has kicked off for Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Paws for the Cause 2024, presented by the Board of Associates. Supporters came together at a special tea in March to introduce this year’s event ambassadors and to sign up participants for this beloved dog walk, set for Sunday, September 15, 2024.

PHILADELPHIA (March 28, 2024) — Fox Chase Cancer Center is proud to welcome patients to its newly opened office, which is located at 502 Centennial Boulevard, Suite 7, in Voorhees, New Jersey. The site, which is the first that Fox Chase has opened in New Jersey, welcomes patients from within the region and beyond for treatment for urologic oncology, benign urologic conditions, plastic and reconstructive surgery, and radiation oncology consults. (Pictured Alexander Kutikov, MD, FACS, Chair and Professor, Department of Urology and Roberta R. Scheller Chair in Urologic Oncology)

PHILADELPHIA (March 27, 2024) — Over the past year, the Fox Chase Cancer Center Radiation Oncology team led by Eric Horwitz, MD, FABS, FASTRO, Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Fox Chase and the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, has boldly moved adaptive radiation therapy into the mainstream, demonstrating its clinical advantages for treating prostate, bladder, liver, pancreas, breast, lung, and head and neck cancers. Horwitz says, “We have built Fox Chase into a national and regional leader offering a robust clinical care program, innovative clinical trials, and the experience of treating many patients.”

PHILADELPHIA (March 22, 2024) – Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple University Hospital – Main Campus have been recognized by the QOPI Certification Program LLC as successfully completing a three-year recertification for outpatient hematology-oncology practices that meet nationally recognized standards for quality cancer care. The QOPI program is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Association for Clinical Oncology and an affiliate of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

PHILADELPHIA (March 20, 2024) – The journal European Urology has named Fox Chase Cancer Center urologic oncologist Andres F. Correa, MD, its March 2024 Reviewer of the Month.