Fox Chase Cancer Center News

Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes Dr. Hilario Yankey

PHILADELPHIA (September 24, 2024) — Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Hilario Yankey, MD, MBA, as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology.

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Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes Dr. Arielle S. Weiss

Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Arielle S. Weiss, MD, as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology in the Department of Surgery.

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Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes Dr. Alexander R. Vartanov

PHILADELPHIA (September 13, 2024) — Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Alexander R. Vartanov, MD, as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapies.

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Registration Now Open For Fox Chase Cancer Center’s 2024 Paws For the Cause Dog Walk

PHILADELPHIA (September 9, 2024) — Registration for Paws for the Cause 2024, Fox Chase Cancer Center’s ever-popular dog walk fundraiser, is now open. The event, now in its 25th year, will be held Sunday September 15, 2024, from 9 a.m. to noon in the Reimann parking lot.

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Fox Chase Cancer Center to Host Symposium Celebrating 20-Year Anniversary of Nobel Prize for Discovery That Advanced Understanding of Cancer and Development of New Drugs

PHILADELPHIA (September 9, 2024) — Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Center for Immunology will host its 14th Annual Scientific Symposium on Friday, October 18, 2024. The event will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry being awarded for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation. Much of that work was done at Fox Chase.

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Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes Dr. Alycia So

Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Alycia So, MD, as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Breast Surgery in the Department of Surgery. The addition of So to the department now expands the rapidly growing Division of Breast Surgery to six full-time breast surgeons, adding to its continued growth across the health system.

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Study From Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Shows Aged Male Fibroblasts Increase Melanoma Treatment Resistance

PHILADELPHIA (September 6, 2024) — In a study published today in the prestigious journal Cell, researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center showed changes that occur with age in male skin fibroblasts contributed to an increase in the spread of melanoma cells and made cancer cells resistant to targeted therapy.

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Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes Dr. Leah Grandi Holben

PHILADELPHIA (August 22, 2024) — Fox Chase Cancer Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Leah Grandi Holben, MD, as an Assistant Professor in the General Hematology/Oncology Program. She will see patients at Fox Chase Cancer Center at Chestnut Hill Hospital.

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