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Fox Chase's V. Craig Jordan to Receive ASCO's Karnofsky Memorial Award for Advances in Breast Cancer Treatment and Prevention

V. Craig Jordan, OBE, PhD, DSc

(4-14-2008)

PHILADELPHIA (April 14, 2008) - The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has announced that Fox Chase Cancer Center's V. Craig Jordan, OBE, PhD, DSc, will receive the 2008 David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award for advances that have changed the way doctors treat breast cancer patients.


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• Fox Chase Cancer Center's Ning Wong Receives ASCO Cancer Foundation Career Development Award
  (5-13-2008)

  The American Society of Clinical Oncology Cancer Foundation has selected Yu-Ning Wong, M.D., M.S.C.E., of Fox Chase Cancer Center, as one of 13 clinicians to receive a 2008 Career Development Award.

• Philadelphia Magazine Selects 27 Fox Chase Physicians for Its Annual List of "Top Doctors"
  (5-12-2008)

  Philadelphia Magazine's annual list of "Top Doctors," a gold standard for those seeking excellent medical care in the Philadelphia area, included 27 Fox Chase Cancer Center physicians. The doctors, from a variety of specialties, were selected as one of the region's best by a national survey.

• Fox Chase Cancer Center's Eric M. Horwitz Elected Vice President of the American Brachytherapy Society
  (05-05-2008)
  

  Eric M. Horwitz, MD, vice chairman and clinical director of the radiation oncology department at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has been elected vice-president (president-elect) of the American Brachytherapy Society (ABS).

• Fox Chase Researchers Discover a Method for Clamping Down on a Cancer-promoting Enzyme
  (4-18-2008)
  

  Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have now identified a molecule capable of shutting down PAK1 before the enzyme becomes active. Previous studies have linked PAK1 activity with breast cancer and have shown the enzyme is important in pathways involving the ras oncogene, which is thought to cause up to 30 percent of all cancers.

• Fox Chase Cancer Center's Board Names Four New Vice Chairs;
  Streamlines Executive Committee to Take a Leadership Role in Coming Expansion
  (4-14-2008)

  Fox Chase Cancer Center's board of directors has named four new vice chairs, board chairman William J. Avery announced today. They are longtime board members W. Thacher Brown of Devon, Pa.; Thomas W. Hofmann of Malvern, Pa.; David G. Marshall of New Hope, Pa.; and Peter McCausland of Villanova, Pa.