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Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers Laryngectomee Support Group
PHILADELPHIA (May 18, 2001) -- The Speak-Eezy Club of the Delaware Valley, a support group for people who have had a laryngectomy will meet Thursday, May 24th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in Outpatient Department at Fox Chase Cancer Center. A speech pathologist and a rehabilitation social worker will be available to provide education and counseling. Speech classes are available at the meetings.
The group meets every second and fourth Thursday from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
For information please call 215-728-2668.
Fox Chase Cancer Center, one of the nation's first comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute in 1974, conducts basic and clinical research; programs of prevention, detection and treatment of cancer; and community outreach. For more information about Fox Chase activities, visit the Center's web site at www.fccc.edu.
Fox Chase Cancer Center, part of Temple University Health System, is one of the leading cancer research and treatment centers in the United States. Founded in 1904 in Philadelphia as one of the nation’s first cancer hospitals, Fox Chase also was among the first institutions to receive the National Cancer Institute’s prestigious comprehensive cancer center designation in 1974. Fox Chase researchers have won the highest awards in their fields, including two Nobel Prizes. Fox Chase physicians are routinely recognized in national rankings, and the Center’s nursing program has achieved Magnet status for excellence three consecutive times. Fox Chase conducts a broad array of nationally competitive basic, translational, and clinical research and oversees programs in cancer prevention, detection, survivorship, and community outreach. For more information, call 1-888-FOX-CHASE (1-888-369-2427).
