Fox Chase finds that lung cancer patients respond to erlotinib following cetuximab therapy
SAN FRANCISCO (August 1, 2009)Non-small cell lung cancer patients who have progressed on a cetuximab-containing regimen may respond to erlotinib, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers reported today at the annual meeting of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. Both cetuxima...Fox Chase finds all-biologic regimen efficacious and well-tolerated in elderly lung cancer patients
SAN FRANCISCO (August 1, 2009)Previously untreated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients over the age of 70 respond well to a combination of bevacizumab and erlotinib, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers reported today at the annual meeting of the International Association for the Study of L...Fox Chase is first cancer center in the nation to use MRI-guided biopsy to detect prostate cancer
Earlier this month, Fox Chase Cancer Center became the first hospital in North America to offer an MRI guided biopsy to detect prostate cancer using Invivo Equipment in a clinical hospital setting. Pioneering new techniques for MRI-guided prostate interventions, Fox Chase is offering a new procedu...Fox Chase performs the worlds first successful ViKY robot-assisted surgery for pancreatic tumors
PHILADELPHIA (March 24, 2009)This month Fox Chase Cancer Center performed the world's first successful minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy using the ViKY system's revolutionary robotic, compact laparoscope holder. The technology, developed in France and tested on thousands of patients in Euro...Hackensack Lawyer Bruce E. Chase Named New Jersey Super Lawyer for Third Consecutive Year
Highly regarded family law attorney among just five percent of lawyers in state to be recognized with prestigious professional designation New York, NY (Lexis Nexis) March 4, 2009 -- Bruce Chase , a respected Hackensack, N.J. attorney with extensive experience represen...Fox Chase Cancer Center Purchases CyberKnife System
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY ), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia has purchased a CyberKnife(R) Robotic Radiosurgery System. The CyberKnife System at Fox Chase will ...Red Cross Racing Members Cheer on Biffle in NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Red Cross Racing members will be cheering on driver Greg Biffle this weekend during round five of the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, NC. Biffle, driver of the No. 16 3M Ford Fusion, is in third place in the Cha...Temple, Fox Chase and Geisinger create Keystone Institute for Translational Medicine
Temple University School of Medicine, Fox Chase Cancer Center and Geisinger Health System today announced a research collaboration that will speed the translation of medical and health-related discoveries into significant advances in patient care. As part of the agreement, the three institutio...Fox Chase Cancer Center's Ning Wong receives ASCO Cancer Foundation Career Development Award
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. Career Development Awards are presented to physicians in their second, third or fourth year as full...Lexicon Pharmaceuticals and Fox Chase Publish Findings on Immune Deficiency
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, June 08, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the publication of new findings from a joint research project with scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, PA. Together with David L. Wiest, Ph.D., Lexicon researchers have di...Kinex Pharmaceuticals To Present at ASCO 2009 Annual Meeting
..., at the ASCO 2009 Annual Meeting in Orlando, on May 29, 2009. The study was carried out at MD Anderson, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and Fox chase Cancer Center. Dr. Alex Adjei, the Principal Investigator from RPCI will deliver the presentation entitled "Results of a phase I trial of KX2-391, a ...Nerviano Medical Sciences Invited by EORTC-NCI-AACR to Present the State-of-the-Art of Aurora
... Gemelli, Rome, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Fox chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, to name some of the most important. "This low molecular weight compound is inhibiting growth of tumour cells by interacti...Determine HBsAg - Whole blood (includes chase buffer)
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Philadelphia (July 27, 2009) DLX5, a gene crucial for embryonic development, promotes cancer by activating the expression of the known oncogene, MYC, according to researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center. Since the DLX5 gene is inactive in normal adults, it may be an ideal target for future anti-...Dogs chase efficiently, but cats skulk counterintuitively
DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke University study suggests that evolution can behave as differently as dogs and cats. While the dogs depend on an energy-efficient style of four-footed running over long distances to catch their prey, cats seem to have evolved a profoundly inefficient gait, tailor-made to cre...'1-hit' event provides new opportunity for colon cancer prevention, say Fox Chase researchers
PHILADELPHIA (September 15, 2008) More than 30 years ago, Alfred Knudson Jr., M.D., Ph.D., revolutionized the field of cancer genetics by showing that a person must lose both their paternal and maternal copies of a particular class of cancer-inhibiting genes, called tumor-suppressor genes, in ord...Fox Chase researchers discover a method for clamping down on a cancer-promoting enzyme
There are many pathways that allow an errant gene to turn a cell cancerous, and a number of these pathways go through a single enzyme called the p21-activated kinase 1, or PAK1. Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have now identified a molecule capable of shutting down PAK1 before the enzym...Fox Chase study shows that weakened T-cell receptor signals change T-cell lineage
The immune system is a marvel of versatility, creating a variety of cells that develop in different ways to protect the body. To carry out these tasks, immune cells follow a career path that forks at various points in their development. In a report in the May 2005 issue of Immunity, Fox Chase Cance...Novel Therapy Tested in Mice Could Chase Away Cat Allergies
A molecule designed to block cat allergies successfully prevented allergic reactions in laboratory mice, as well as in human cells in a test tube, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers report in the April issue of Nature Medicine, available online now. In the future, the investig...Fox Chase Cancer Center scientists identify immune-system mutation
A team of Fox Chase Cancer Center scientists led by immunologist Dietmar J. Kappes, Ph.D., has identified the genetic mutation that keeps a mouse strain from developing white blood cells, or lymphocytes, called helper T cells. The report by Kappes and his colleagues appears in the Feb. 24 issue of ...August 2009 Geology and GSA Today media highlights
...e climate change preserved in hyrax middens from southwestern Africa B.M. chase et al., Arid Environmental Systems Research Group, School of Geography and ...t, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK. Pages 703-706. The paper by chase et al. details the discovery of sensitive indicators of past environmental ...2 reproductive factors are important predictors of death from ovarian cancer
...reproductive factors on ovarian cancer survival. Mary B. Daly, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Personalized Cancer Risk Assessment Program at the Fox chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, said these results raise the question "can the amount and/or duration of reproductive hormones to which women are expos...Trio of signals converge to induce liver and pancreas cell development in the embryo
...rk was conducted while Zaret and co-author Ewa Wandzioch, PhD, Research Associate in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, were at the Fox chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. How the developing embryo starts to apportion different functions to different cell types is a key question for deve...Wisconsin fares slightly better in venture capital chase
Madison, Wis. - Wisconsin companies raised more venture capital in more deals in 2006, but the improvement was only marginal in both categories, according to report from Ernst & Young, LLP and Dow Jones VentureOne . Companies in Wisconsin reported 12 venture deals in 2006, including a $12 ....Industry Professionals Get Schooled in Real-World Oncology Issues at NCCN Academy
...Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center | Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA; Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, NC; Fox chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA; Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Sea...Medivation Announces Pricing of Public Offering
... Copies of the prospectus supplement and related prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from J.P. Morgan's prospectus department at 4 chase Metrotech Center, CS Level, Brooklyn, NY 11245, Attention Prospectus Department (telephone number 718-242-8002). About Medivation Mediva...MyCancerPain.org Launched as Resource for Patients with Painful Bone Metastases
...age cancer, including bone pain," said Andre A. Konski, MD, MBA, MA, Director of Radiation Oncology Clinical Research and Chief Medical Officer at Fox chase Cancer Center. "As physicians, our goal is not only to treat disease, but to help improve the quality of our patients' lives. We look forward to enrol...Sangamo BioSciences Appoints Paul Cleveland to Its Board of Directors and Chair of Audit Committee
...egrated Finance, Ltd., an investment bank, and from 1996 to 2003 as a managing director and head of west coast mergers and acquisitions at J.P. Morgan chase and Co. (and a predecessor investment bank, Hambrecht & Quist). From 1981 to 1996, he held positions, including partner, at several law firms incl...