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December 2010

• December 27 Weather Alert: The Center is Open (12-27-2010)
• Hospitalist Daniel K. Holleran, MD, Joins Fox Chase's Department of Medicine (12-14-2010)
• Fox Chase Researchers Uncover New Risk Factors for Brain Metastases in Breast Cancer Patients (12-09-2010)

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November 2010

• Fox Chase Cancer Center to Hold Annual Tree of Life Ceremony (11-18-2010)
• Fox Chase Study Examines Health Risks for Family and Friends of Lung Cancer Patients (11-15-2010)
• Laborers' District Council Charity Fund Donates $30K to Fox Chase Cancer Center (11-08-2010)
• Marcia Boraas, MD, Returns to Fox Chase's Department of Surgical Oncology (11-05-2010)
• ASTRO: Researchers Identify Prognostic Markers for Prostate Cancer Patients who Receive Radiation after Surgery (11-03-2010)
• ASTRO: Fox Chase Researchers Identify Risk Factors for the Spread of Breast Cancer to Lymph Nodes (11-01-2010)
• ASTRO: High-dose, Short-course Radiation for Prostate Cancer Does Not Increase Side Effects or Reduce Quality of Life (11-01-2010)
• ASTRO: Precisely Targeted Radiation Controls Sinus Cancer with Fewer Side Effects (11-01-2010)
• Zeng-jie Yang, MD, PhD, Joins Fox Chase's Cancer Biology Research Program (11-01-2010)

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October 2010

• Fox Chase Holds Free Event For Lung Cancer Patients (10-27-2010)
• Fox Chase to Hold Jane Pepper Women's Cancer Symposium (10-25-2010)
• Andy Andrews, PhD, Joins Fox Chase's Cancer Biology Research Program (10-21-2010)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Researchers Advocate for More Education and Attention Regarding Rare Breast Cancer (10-19-2010)
• Prashant C. Shah, MD, Joins Fox Chase's Department of Surgical Oncology (10-15-2010)
• Fox Chase Researchers Uncover Achilles' Heel in Aggressive Breast Tumors (10-12-2010)
• Fox Chase Launches Prostate REACH Initiative to "Reach Out" to Men at High-Risk for Prostate Cancer (10-10-2010)
• Local Student Raises Money for Cancer Research through Fox Chase's Charity Dog-Walk (10-10-2010)

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September 2010

• 'Synthetic Lethality' Strategy Improves Molecularly Targeted Cancer Therapy (09-21-2010)
• Barbara Pro, MD, Joins Fox Chase's Department of Medical Oncology (09-21-2010)
• Michael J. Heller Elected to Fox Chase Cancer Center's Board of Directors (09-14-2010)
• Fox Chase Researchers Uncover Activation Signal for Aurora-A Oncogene: Discovery May Lead to More Potent Drug Combinations (09-07-2010)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center's Jeff Boyd and Carol Cherry Join the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition in Speaking out about Ovarian Cancer this September (09-01-2010)

August 2010

• Fox Chase Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Philadelphia Chromosome (08-23-2010)
• Rectal Cancer Rates Are Rising in Young Individuals (08-23-2010)
• First-Ever BreastFest Philly to Benefit Fox Chase Cancer Center (08-19-2010)
• Radiologist Marion Brody, MD, Joins Fox Chase's Department of Diagnostic Imaging (08-12-2010)
• Thomas J. Galloway, MD, Joins Fox Chase's Department of Radiation Oncology (08-12-2010)
• Surgical Oncologist Alexander Kutikov, MD, Joins Fox Chase's Department of Surgery (08-12-2010)
• Joshua E. Meyer, MD, Joins Fox Chase's Department of Radiation Oncology (08-12-2010)
• Fox Chase Names Kenneth P. Patrick, MD, Director of the Hospitalist Program (08-10-2010)
• Hospitalist Suzanne Boyle, MD, Joins Fox Chase's Department of Medicine (08-10-2010)
• Hospitalist Manjula Sharada Naik, MD, Joins Fox Chase's Department of Medicine (08-10-2010)
• Radiologist Rohit Walia, MD, Joins Fox Chase's Department of Diagnostic Imaging (08-10-2010)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Appoints New Chief Scientific Officer and Names New Executive Director of Institute for Personalized Medicine (08-05-2010)

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July 2010

• Unexpected Viral "Fossils" Found in Vertebrate Genomes (07-29-2010)
• Fox Chase Ranked Among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News and World Report (07-15-2010)

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June 2010

• ASCO Conference:
  • New Treatment Regimen Shown Effective Against Advanced Ovarian Cancer (06-06-2010)
  • Fox Chase Clinical Trial Tests First of Its Kind Antibody: MM-111 Antibody Uses HER2 Target to Reach and Block HER3 (06-03-2010)
  • Circulating Tumor Cells Correlate with Poorer Survival in Pancreatic Cancer Patients (06-02-2010)
  • Overall Survival for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Surgery Plus Chemoradiation Increased Compared to those Receiving Chemoradiation Alone (06-02-2010)
  • Researchers Find Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma Unresponsive to Sunitinib (06-02-2010)
  • Researchers Report No Difference in Breast Cancer Characteristics after Oophorectomy (06-02-2010)
  • Response to Preoperative Therapy May Predict Survival in Pancreatic Cancer Patients (06-02-2010)
• New Tool for Pre-Surgical Detection of Kidney Cancers May Help Patients Avoid Unnecessary Surgeries (06-01-2010)
• Fox Chase Researchers to Present at American Urological Association (06-01-2010)
• Smoke Exposure Alters Gene Expression and Estrogen Metabolism in the Lungs of Mice (06-01-2010)

May 2010

• Fox Chase Nurse Honored With National Award (05-19-2010)
• Plain and Fancy Food Fest Returns to Fox Chase Cancer Center (05-11-2010)

• Fox Chase Opens First Inflammatory Breast Cancer Clinic in the Region (05-10-2010)
• Fox Chase Physicians Listed Among Region's "Top Doctors" in Philadelphia Magazine (05-01-2010)

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April 2010

• Fox Chase Researchers Identify Early Ovarian Cancers (04-26-2010)
• Fox Chase Researchers Show that Nitric Oxide-Donating Naproxen Can Boost Colorectal Cancer Prevention (04-21-2010)
• Protein Plays a Critical Role in the Development of Aggressive Breast Cancer (04-20-2010)
• Engineered Antibodies Directed Against a Promising Therapeutic Target on Ovarian Cancer Cells (04-19-2010)
• Enzyme Found to be a Predictive Marker of Survival in Head and Neck Cancer (04-19-2010)
• Smoke Exposure Alters Gene Expression and Estrogen Metabolism in the Lungs of Mice (04-19-2010)

March 2010

• Some Clinical Trials Explicitly Exclude Gay and Lesbian Patients (03-17-2010)
• Revisiting the Need to Detect Circulating Tumor Cells (03-16-2010)
• Therapy Guidance for Patients with Colorectal Cancer Discussed at NCCN Annual Conference (03-11-2010)

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February 2010

• Fox Chase Cancer Center Promotes Breast Care Navigation at Community Hospitals (02-23-2010)
• Enrollment Open for First-Ever Trial Testing Light Therapy for Smoking Cessation (02-18-2010)
• Inspiring Hope with Homemade Art (02-15-2010)
• More Smokers than Non-smokers Accept HPV Vaccination for Their Daughters (02-08-2010)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Introduces Love Versus Cancer (02-08-2010)
• Radiation Safety in the News (02-05-2010)

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January 2010

• Fox Chase Researchers Find New Method of Fixing Broken Proteins to Treat Genetic Diseases (01-14-2010)
• 2nd Annual GIST Benefit Ball Helps Raise Funds for Fox Chase Cancer Center (01-07-2010)

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