30 October 2001
title:
thOmAS W. LONDON, m.D. thomas W. London, m.D. Senior member, Division of Population Science Fox chase cancer center Professor of epidemiology, center for clinical epidemiology and Biostatistics the university of Pennsylvania School of medicine
PAuL F. eNGStrOm, m.D.
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February 2002
Paul F. engstrom, m.D. medical Director for Fox chase Network hospitals Senior Vice President, Population Science Fox chase cancer center
title:
cancer chemoprevention: Is it ready for Prime time?
the Global health crisis
W. thomas London, m.D. is a Senior Member in the Division of Population Science at the Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC) and an Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He has had a leading role in epidemiological, clinical, and virological studies of hepatitis B virus and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). At FCCC, Dr. London is the Director of the Liver Cancer Prevention Program, which monitors Asian-American hepatitis B carriers for early detection of liver cancer. He is the chairman of the FCCC Institutional Review Board.
Dr. Paul F. engstrom is Senior Vice President for Population Science, overseeing Fox Chase programs in behavioral research, human genetics, epidemiologic research, and cancer prevention research. He is also Medical Director of Fox Chase Network, a select group of nearly 21 Pennsylvania and New Jersey community Hospitals affiliated with Fox Chase, and the Medical Director for International Programs for Fox Chase Cancer Center. A medical oncologist specializing in gastrointestinal cancers, Engstrom joined Fox Chase in 1970 after three years of military service as Chief of Hematology and Oncology at Tripler General Hospital in Honolulu. He headed Fox Chase’s medical oncology department from 1972 to 1984 and served as Vice President for Cancer Control from 1984–1988 when the divisions of Cancer Control and Population Oncology merged to form the Population Science Division. A member of the editorial board of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, Journal of Cancer Prevention, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Cancer Research, Therapy and Control, Dr. Engstrom is the author or co-author of several texts and book chapters on cancer control and medical oncology. He also has published scientific papers that address the risk factors, survival, prevention and treatment of various cancers.