Fox Chase Cancer Center News

Overall Survival for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Surgery Plus Chemoradiation Increased Compared to those Receiving Chemoradiation Alone

CHICAGO, IL (June 2, 2010) – Research from Fox Chase Cancer Center shows that patient’s with stage IIIA NSCLC who receive surgery, lobectomy in particular, have increased overall survival compared to those who received chemoradiation alone––those receiving lobectomy plus chemoradation had survival rates that were higher than previously reported as well.

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Researchers Find Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma Unresponsive to Sunitinib

CHICAGO, IL (June 2, 2010) – Of the more than 38,000 Americans diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) each year, approximately 20 percent have non-clear cell forms of the disease. New findings shows that a non-clear cell form of kidney cancer known as papillary RCC, which accounts for 12 percent of all RCC, responds differently to sunitinib – a standard frontline treatment for RCC.  In a small but decisive Phase II trial, the researchers found that sunitinib was not effective in patients with this form of the disease. The terms clear- and non-clear cell refer to the general appearance of the cancer cells under a microscope.

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Fox Chase Researchers to Present at American Urological Association

PHILADELPHIA (June 1, 2010) – Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers will present three abstracts at the 2010 annual meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) that demonstrate progress in the use of the R.E.N.A.L. Nephrometry Scoring to characterize renal mass anatomy and allow standardization of surgical decision-making and comparison of outcomes in patients with kidney cancers.

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