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• Fox Chase Holds Free Event For Lung Cancer Patients (10-12-2009)

  Fox Chase Cancer Center invites lung cancer patients and their caregivers to the FREE event on Wednesday, November 11 at 5:00 p.m.

• Eric M. Horwitz, MD, Named Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center (11-06-2009)

  Recognized nationally for his expertise in treating patients with prostate cancer, Horwitz will also hold the Gerald E. Hanks Endowed Chair in Radiation Oncology.

• Fox Chase Cancer Center Adds Sarah H. Kim to Surgical Oncology Team (11-06-2009)

  At Fox Chase Kim specializes in the surgical treatment of gynecologic cancers and complex benign gynecologic conditions. In addition to performing traditional open surgical procedures Kim has special interests in minimally invasive laparoscopic surgeries.

• Time Between Treatment and PSA Recurrence Predicts Death from Prostate Cancer (11-04-2009)

  Men whose prostate specific antigen rise within 18 months of radiotherapy are more likely to develop spread and die of their disease, according to an international study led by Fox Chase Cancer Center radiation oncologist Mark K. Buyyounouski, MD, MS, and presented today at the annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

• Radiation Therapy after Lumpectomy for Breast Cancer Can be Safely Reduced to Four Weeks (11-04-2009)

  Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center found that radiation treatment for women who had a lumpectomy for early stage breast cancer can be safely reduced to four weeks, instead of the usual six to seven weeks, by delivering a higher daily dose — greatly reducing the length of treatment time.

• Study Finds it's Safe to Treat HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Patients with both Trastuzumab and Adjuvant Radiation Therapy (11-03-2009)

  A new study by researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center reports that it may be safe to treat HER2-positive breast cancer patients with both Trastuzumab and adjuvant radiation therapy, following primary surgery for their cancer.

• Undetectable PSA after Radiation is Possible and Predicts Good Patient Outcomes (11-01-2009)

  Patients who have an undetectable level of PSA after therapy have less chance of biochemical failure than other patients and a good chance of being cured.

• Fox Chase Nurse Honored by American Academy of Nursing (10-28-2009)

  Andrea Barsevick, RN, PhD, AOCN, director of nursing research at Fox Chase, has been selected to become a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Barsevick is among 98 nurse leaders to be inducted as fellows during the Academy's 36th Annual Meeting and Conference, on November 7, 2009, in Atlanta, GA.

• Cancer Survivors May Not Be Getting the Help They Need to Stop Smoking (10-20-2009)

  More than a quarter of cancer survivors who still smoke have not been advised to quit smoking by their health care providers in the last year, according to a study published by researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center in the current issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

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