News Releases 1999

Dec 29, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Becomes First Hospital In Pennsylvania To Earn New Accreditation
Dec 22, 1999
Participants Needed for Cancer Screening Discussion
Dec 21, 1999
Wilson Middle School Choir Brings Holiday Cheer to Fox Chase Cancer Center
Dec 17, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Benefits from "Saturday in the Park"
Dec 15, 1999
Union Helps Raise $90,000 For Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center
Dec 15, 1999
Fox Chase Ovarian Cancer Prevention Trial Uses Vitamin A-Related Medicine
Dec 14, 1999
Pew Charitable Trusts and Fannie E. Rippel Foundation Give Fox Chase Cancer Center Key Support for Prevention Research Facilities
Dec 14, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center President Robert C. Young Elected First Vice President of the American Cancer Society
Dec 3, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center's Joseph Testa Receives 1999 Irving J. Selikoff Award for Cancer Research
Dec 2, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Awarded Prestigious Science Education Grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Dec 2, 1999
Make Volunteering A New Year's Resolution
Dec 1, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Board Member Honored by National Society of Fund-Raising Executives
Dec 1, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Becomes Part of an International Classroom for Young Scientists
Nov 22, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Mentors Host Student "Shadows" For a Day
Nov 22, 1999
Holiday Gift-Wrap Booth Benefits Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center
Nov 19, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Named A Center of Excellence
Nov 18, 1999
American Cancer Society Honors Two Fox Chase Cancer Center Physicians
Nov 18, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center's Knudson to Receive John Scott Award
Nov 17, 1999
Breast Cancer Specialist Joins Fox Chase Cancer Center
Nov 16, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Honors Veterans
Nov 12, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Conducts Important Study To Determine Genetic Link to Lung Cancer Risk in Women
Nov 11, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Receives Another Record-Breaking Donation From Board of Associates and Member Groups-$746,000 for 1999
Nov 9, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center's Tree of Life Ceremony Symbolizes Courage; Memorializes Loved Ones
Nov 5, 1999
Nurse From Kenya Visits Fox Chase Cancer Center To Study Cancer Care in the United States
Nov 5, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Helps Those Who Care for Loved Ones with Cancer
Nov 3, 1999
3-D Conformal Radiation Therapy Helps Prostate Cancer Patients Retain Normal Bladder and Bowel Functioning: Long Term Quality of Life Study
Nov 3, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Study Finds Higher Radiation Doses Improve Cure Rates for Men With Prostate Cancer
Nov 3, 1999
Adding Hormone Therapy to Radiation Therapy Helps Men Live Longer With Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer, Fox Chase Cancer Center Analysis Shows
Nov 2, 1999
Study Finds Low Oxygen Levels In Recurrent Prostate Cancer
Nov 1, 1999
Study Focuses on Sexual Function of Prostate Cancer Patients Who Received Radiation; Tobacco Use Dramatically Affects Potency Rates
Nov 1, 1999
Study May Help Settle Debate Over Radiation Treatment for Internal Mammary Nodes in Post-Mastectomy Patients
Nov 1, 1999
Study at Fox Chase Cancer Center Provides Guidelines For Optimal Dose of Spinal Radiation to Avoid Side Effects
Nov 1, 1999
Smoking Dramatically Impacts Potency of Patients Treated for Prostate Cancer
Nov 1, 1999
Study Offers New Model for Assessing Extent of Positive Axillary Lymph Nodes in Women with Breast Cancer
Nov 1, 1999
Newly Discovered Gene Could Be A Biological Marker for Colorectal Cancer
Nov 1, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Receives Special NCI Grant for Innovative, Multidisciplinary Research on Ovarian Cancer
Oct 29, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Volunteer Retires After 15,000 Hours
Oct 29, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Breast Cancer Specialist To Speak at Discovery International Conference
Oct 28, 1999
Special Halloween Party Benefits Fox Chase Cancer Center
Oct 20, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Specialists Offer Their Expertise Via The Internet; Breast Cancer Doctors Become First To Do Webcast As Treatment Team
Oct 19, 1999
"Paws for the Cause" Dog Walk to Benefit Fox Chase Cancer Center; Dallas the "Chairdog" and FOX 29's George Mallet Host Event
Oct 19, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center and Brazilian Hospital Agree to Partner Expertise
Oct 15, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Recognizes National Mammography Day
Oct 15, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Selected for Cancer Information Service Contract Award
Oct 13, 1999
Conemaugh and Fox Chase Cancer Center Announce Fox Chase Network Partnership
Oct 12, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Celebrates Fifty Years of Cancer Research
Sep 30, 1999
Cyclists "Pedal for Prevention" at 10th Annual Fox Chase Cancer Center/Stazi Milano Bike Ride
Sep 30, 1999
Decision on Allocation of Tobacco Settlement Money Imminent; Funds For Cancer Research Widely Supported
Sep 30, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Vice President Joins Pennsylvania Attorney General Fisher in Announcement of Major Development in PA's Tobacco Settlement
Sep 28, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Virologist and Past Scientific Director Will Be Honored as Distinguished Scientists by Hepatitis B Foundation at Michener Museum Gala
Sep 27, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center's Dr. Alfred G. Knudson Honored by American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Sep 21, 1999
Treat Focuses on New Drug Development at Fox Chase Cancer Center
Sep 20, 1999
"Paws for the Cause" Dog Walk To Benefit Fox Chase Cancer Center
Sep 20, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Celebrates Fifty Years of Cancer Research
Sep 17, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Purchasing Manager Wallace Young Honored with Lifetime Certification from National Professional Association
Sep 16, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center's Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment Program Successful in Early Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer; Doubles National Average
Sep 16, 1999
State Grant Awarded to Fox Chase Cancer Center For Prostate Cancer Risk Programs
Sep 15, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center and American Cancer Society to Host I Can Cope
Sep 15, 1999
Educational Testing Service Offers Employees Free Prostate Cancer Screening Through Fox Chase Cancer Center's CanPrevent Program
Sep 9, 1999
Mary L. Smith Charitable Lead Trust and Pfeiffer Research Foundation Award Grants for Studies of Estrogen and Breast Cancer by Fox Chase Pharmacogeneticist
Sep 7, 1999
"Paws for the Cause" Dog Walk to Benefit Fox Chase Cancer Center; Dallas the "Chairdog" and FOX 29's George Mallet Host Event
Sep 3, 1999
Pet Therapy Visit - Dog Visits Fox Chase Cancer Center Patients
Sep 2, 1999
Volunteerism at Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers the Chance to Make a Difference
Sep 1, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Announces Agreement with VistaLink To Provide Medical Services for Cancer Patients Around the World
Sep 1, 1999
Asbestos Union Leaders Form Agreement With Fox Chase Cancer Center For New Lung Screening Program
Aug 24, 1999
"The Hooty Owl Restaurant" Comes to Fox Chase Cancer Center's Child Care Program
Aug 13, 1999
Israeli Doctors Visit Fox Chase Cancer Center To Plan For King Hussein Middle East Cancer Center
Aug 13, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center and American Cancer Society to Host I Can Cope
Aug 10, 1999
The Grease Band Appears at "Saturday in the Park" for Fox Chase Cancer Center
Jul 21, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Celebrates Look Good . . . Feel Better's 10th Anniversary, Helping Women Undergoing Cancer Treatment
Jul 15, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Awarded Prestigious Science Education Grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institution
Jul 9, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Ranks Number One in the Region; Among Nation's Elite Top-10 Centers According to U.S. News & World Report
Jun 30, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers Free Information Session for Women Interested in New Breast Cancer Prevention Study
Jun 28, 1999
Outreach Coordinator for National Breast Cancer Prevention Trial Focuses on Minority Recruitment
Jun 28, 1999
Construction of Nation's First Cancer Prevention Pavilion Well Under Way at Fox Chase Cancer Center
Jun 23, 1999
First-Ever Prostate Cancer Treatment Guidelines Translated For Patients
Jun 18, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center and U.S. Post Office Unveil New Prostate Cancer Stamp Today
Jun 18, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Names Bergman Medical Director for Complementary Medicine Program
Jun 14, 1999
Money From Tobacco Settlement Requested To Ease Human Burden of Cancer
Jun 11, 1999
Implanted Chemotherapy "Pump" Becomes New Standard Treatment for Liver Metastases
Jun 2, 1999
It's a "Meeting of the Minds" at the Fox Chase Cancer Center Science Festival
May 28, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Among Nation's Best for Supporting Nurses
May 28, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Nurse to Moderate a Series of Nursing Videos
May 28, 1999
Calls to the Cancer Information Service At Fox Chase Cancer Center Nearly Double After Breast Cancer Prevention Trial Announcement
May 27, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers A Word of Advice To Sun Worshippers and Their Children this Memorial Day
May 27, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Virologist Christoph Seeger Named a Senior Member of Basic Science Division
May 25, 1999
Mayor Proclaims May 25th Freedom From Breast Cancer Day
May 25, 1999
Second National Breast Cancer Prevention Trial Under Way at Fox Chase Cancer Center
May 24, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers Free Screening for Breast Cancer, by Appointment Only
May 20, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Specialist To Speak at Colorectal Cancer Symposium
May 18, 1999
Seventh Annual Plain and Fancy Food Fest Returns to Fox Chase Cancer Center
May 18, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Scientist Named Director of NASA's Astrobiology Institute
May 18, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Scientist Receives One of First Pennsylvania Grants From Tax-Refund Check-Off
May 16, 1999
Study Shows New Drug Combination Is A Better Treatment for Ovarian Cancer
May 10, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Sponsors Eighth Annual Radiation Oncology Conference
May 6, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Doctors Prescribe Newly Approved Pain Drug
May 5, 1999
Investment Banker Malcolmn Pryor Elected to Fox Chase Cancer Center Board
May 4, 1999
Study Proves Radiation As Effective As Surgery In Treatment of Prostate Cancer
Apr 30, 1999
World's Top High School Science Students To Visit Fox Chase Cancer Center
Apr 28, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Honors Nurses During National Nurses Week
Apr 28, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Mammography Facility Fully Accredited Under New FDA Regulations, Effective Today
Apr 26, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center's Risk Program Successful in Early Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer; Doubles National Average
Apr 26, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Pioneer in Cancer Research To Receive Sutow Award
Apr 21, 1999
Discovery at Fox Chase Cancer Center May Lead to Future Treatment of AIDS
Apr 19, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Celebrates National Volunteer Recognition Week
Apr 19, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Scientist To Receive 1999 La Salle University Holroyd Award
Apr 12, 1999
World-renowned Pioneer in Complementary Health to Give Lecture in Philadelphia; Proceeds Benefit Fox Chase Cancer Center
Apr 6, 1999
Lecture on Development of Cancer Vaccines Honors A Late Fox Chase Cancer Center Doctor
Mar 23, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers Free Spirituality Lecture Series
Mar 18, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers Education Sessions to Address Jewish Concerns About Cancer
Mar 15, 1999
New Breast Cancer Treatment Guidelines Written For Patients
Mar 9, 1999
Pennsylvania House Health and Human Services Committee Members To Tour Fox Chase Cancer Center
Mar 5, 1999
Conference on Fatigue and Quality of Life Offered at Fox Chase Cancer Center
Mar 4, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Library Receives Grant From the Bell Atlantic Foundation
Mar 4, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Doctor Named President of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Mar 4, 1999
Studies at Fox Chase Cancer Center Show Increased Survival Rates for Cervical Cancer
Mar 2, 1999
20th Annual Potpourri Auction Features Fabulous Fifties Theme to Raise Funds for Patient Care at Fox Chase Cancer Center
Feb 25, 1999
Bilingual Outreach Specialist Joins Fox Chase Cancer Center to Help Latino Communities
Feb 25, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes Russian Students, First Group To Participate in New Research Program
Feb 25, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Doctors and Nurses Meet With Embassy Officials of Several Countries
Feb 22, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Joins the Post Office In Celebrating Issuance of Hospice-Care Stamp
Feb 11, 1999
Good Housekeeping Ranks Fox Chase Doctors Among Nation's Best Cancer Specialists
Feb 10, 1999
Volunteers Needed for Fox Chase Cancer Center Gift Boutique
Feb 3, 1999
Cancer Research Foundation of America Funds Fellowship for Prevention Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center
Feb 3, 1999
Dr. Margie Clapper at Fox Chase Cancer Center Receives Second Grant for Colon-Cancer Prevention Research from Cancer Research Foundation of America
Jan 29, 1999
Article in Sunday's Parade Magazine Contains A Factual Error About Cancer and Herpes
Jan 29, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Announces G. Willing "Wing" Pepper Endowed Chair
Jan 29, 1999
American Cancer Society of Pennsylvania Endorses Cancer Centers' Plan for Allocating Tobacco Settlement Money
Jan 29, 1999
Area State Representatives Visit Fox Chase Cancer Center To Discuss Tobacco Settlement
Jan 25, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center's Complete Care Offers the Perfect Way to Treat Your Valentine
Jan 25, 1999
Valentine's Gift-Wrap Booth Benefits Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center
Jan 22, 1999
Karen Duffy of Ireland Becomes Ortho Biotech Medical Oncology Fellow at Fox Chase Cancer Center
Jan 20, 1999
W. W. Smith Charitable Trust Awards Geneticist $127,000 Grant for Fox Chase Cancer Center Research to Improve Chemotherapy
Jan 19, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers Free Oral Screening Saturday, Feb. 20
Jan 18, 1999
Study Finds Low Oxygen Levels in Prostate Cancer
Jan 13, 1999
Fox Chase Cancer Center's Dr. Hong Yan Receives Charles E. Culpeper Foundation Pilot Grant
Jan 8, 1999
Fox Chase Honors "Wing" Pepper, Announces Endowed Faculty Chair in His Name
Jan 2, 1999
Clinical Trial for Ovarian Cancer Patients Under Way at Fox Chase Cancer Center