News Releases 2002

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• Dec 24, 2002
  HHS Names Fox Chase Cancer Center Nurse Practitioner to Secretary's Advisory Committee; Secretary Tommy Thompson Taps Agnes Masny for Committee on Genetics, Health and Society
• Dec 12, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center's Wallace Young Named Community Outreach Director
• Nov 30, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT); Acrylic Spheres Carry Radioactive Element Directly to Tumor
• Nov 27, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Nurse is Co-Editor of First Book for Nurses Regarding Cancer Genetics and Risk Assessment
• Nov 25, 2002
  Jillella Joins Fox Chase-Temple Bone-Marrow Transplant Program
• Nov 22, 2002
  Virologist Behrens, Hepatitis C Expert, Joins Fox Chase Cancer Center
• Nov 18, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Regulatory Compliance Officer Elected to Board of Directors of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Nov 18, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Chase Reduces Radiation Treatment Time for Men with Prostate Cancer with IMRT Plus High-Dose Radiation Implants-a First in the Delaware Valley Region
• Nov 12, 2002
  November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• Nov 11, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers Experimental Treatment for Lung Cancer; Radiofrequency Ablation Uses Heat to Eliminate Tumors
• Nov 7, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center's Tree of Life Ceremony Symbolizes Courage; Stands as Memorial To Loved Ones
• Nov 7, 2002
  Philadelphia Dragon Boat Festival Post-Celebration to Carry-on Ancient Tradition; Inaugural Paddlers Invited To Sign Team Song or Chant
• Nov 7, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Appoints Community Outreach Program Coordinator
• Nov 4, 2002
  Esophagectomy Support Group
• Nov 1, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Dog Walk Raises $10,000 for Cancer Prevention Research
• Nov 1, 2002
  American Cancer Society's Cancer Control Award Given to Director of Nation's First Behavioral Research Core Facility
• Nov 1, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center's Lee Adler Elected Secretary Of the Academy of Molecular Imaging
• Nov 1, 2002
  Cukierman Joins Fox Chase Cancer Center's Basic Science Staff
• Oct 30, 2002
  Cancer Survivor Jazzes Up Fox Chase Cancer Center
• Oct 30, 2002
  Roman Named Infection Control and Quality Management Coordinator at Fox Chase Cancer Center
• Oct 30, 2002
  Men With Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer Can Learn About Treatment Options Without Leaving the Main Line
• Oct 22, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Studies Breast Cancer Drug Made from "Sea Squirts"
• Oct 9, 2002
  For Prostate Cancer Patients at High Risk of Recurrence Don't Benefit from Short-Term Androgen Deprivation, Fox Chase Cancer Center Study Finds; Escalating Radiation Dose Is Better
• Oct 8, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Study Finds Women with Past Pregnancies Less Likely to Develop Distant Metastases After Breast-Conserving Treatment for Breast Cancer
• Oct 7, 2002
  Rowan University Engineering Students Contribute to Breast Cancer Research by Developing Valuable Research Tool
• Oct 7, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Adds CT-on-Rails to Radiation Therapy Arsenal
• Oct 7, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Study Shows Men Who Had Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Prefer Treatment Over No Treatment and Rate Quality of Life "Quite Good"
• Oct 4, 2002
  Initial Avon/NCI Breast Cancer Research Grant Awarded To Fox Chase Cancer Center In "Projects for Patients" Awards Program
• Oct 3, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Physician to Serve on American Joint Committee on Cancer
• Sep 27, 2002
  Miller to Receive American Cancer Society's Cancer Control Award
• Sep 18, 2002
  Nurses Welcome at Fox Chase Cancer Center's Open House
• Sep 18, 2002
  Fox Chase Presents "Ask the Doctor About Lymphoma"
• Sep 17, 2002
  "Tulli Motorcycle Ride for the Cure" to Benefit Fox Chase Cancer Center
• Sep 17, 2002
  Ovarian Cancer Treatment Guidelines Developed for Physicians Now Translated for Patients; Guidelines Provide Up-To-Date Treatment Advice Based on Research
• Sep 10, 2002
  New Radiation Oncologist Joins Fox Chase Cancer Center
• Sep 5, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Looking for Volunteers to Help in Resource and Education Center
• Sep 5, 2002
  Pioneering Cancer Geneticist Dr. Alfred G. Knudson Jr. Will Receive Fox Chase Cancer Center's 14th Wick Williams Memorial Award
• Sep 4, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Hosts 13th Annual "Pedal for Prevention" Bike Ride and Walk; Special Teams Honor Cancer Survivors
• Aug 29, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Selected as a "Great Place to Work;" Philadelphia Magazine Picks 10 Area Businesses as Tops
• Aug 27, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Promotes Chernoff to Senior Member of Basic Science Division
• Aug 21, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers R2 ImageChecker to Aid in Early Detection of Breast Cancer
• Aug 19, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers New Breast Reconstruction Procedure; "Free Tissue Transfer" Offers More Natural Looking Breast After Mastectomy
• Aug 12, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Appoints Louis M. Weiner, M.D. Vice President of Translational Research
• Aug 1, 2002
  PHILADELPHIA TO HOLD INAUGURAL DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL ALONG SCHUYLKILL RIVER
• Jul 22, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Part of State-wide Bioinformatics Initiative for Cancer Research; Funds Received from Tobacco Settlement
• Jul 5, 2002
  Ozols, Internationally Known for Ovarian Cancer Research and Treatment, Named to Fox Chase Cancer Center's Newest Chair Endowed by the Weg Family
• Jun 26, 2002
  Internationally Known Scientist Beatrice Mintz Named to Fox Chase Cancer Center's Newest Endowed Chair in Basic Science
• Jun 24, 2002
  Weiner, Honored for Research on Targeted Cancer Therapy, Named to Fox Chase Cancer Center's G. Morris Dorrance Jr. Endowed Chair
• Jun 10, 2002
  Hospital in Poland Welcomes Fox Chase Cancer Center Expert Physician
• Jun 7, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Researcher Receives $2.8 Million Grant for Smoking Cessation Research
• May 28, 2002
  Nguyen Named Fox Chase Cancer Center's
• May 23, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center's Graduate Nurse Program Receives Top Award
• May 21, 2002
  Haluszka, Former White House Medical Consultant, Becomes Fox Chase Cancer Center's Director of GI Endoscopy
• May 20, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center's Alfred G. Knudson Honored
• May 9, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center to Hold 10th Annual 'Plain & Fancy' Food Fest — Proceeds Benefit Cancer Prevention and Treatment
• May 8, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Physicians Get Top Billing in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs 2002
• May 3, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers an Afternoon of Free Skin Cancer Screening
• Apr 10, 2002
  Could Mutant P53 Protein Be Used As A Breast Cancer Marker?
• Apr 10, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Scientist Receives Grant to Study Possible Link Between Childhood Measles Vaccine and Autism
• Apr 9, 2002
  Two Fox Chase Cancer Center Researchers Share 25th Annual Bristol-Myers Squibb Award For Distinguished Achievement in Cancer Research
• Apr 5, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Scientist Receives Award from Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
• Apr 4, 2002
  Study Shows Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) Tumors are Highly Vascular; Biology of TSC and Cancer Similar
• Apr 3, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Hosts First Regional Workshop for Hospitals Seeking Magnet Recognition
• Mar 27, 2002
  Halfball Tournament To Raise Money for Fox Chase Cancer Center
• Mar 19, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Nurse Honored with Award for Outstanding Service
• Mar 19, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers a "Personalized Vaccine" for Patients with Advanced Kidney Cancer as Part of a Clinical Trial
• Mar 18, 2002
  Mathers Charitable Foundation Funds Fox Chase Research on New Approach to "Fingerprinting" Gene Packaging in a Cell
• Mar 16, 2002
  Humor May Help Women Undergoing In-Vitro-Fertilization Become Pregnant
• Mar 11, 2002
  Men Underestimate Their Prostate Cancer Risk
• Mar 11, 2002
  Women At Risk of Hereditary Breast Cancer Do Not Know How To Communicate Risk with Family
• Mar 11, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Study Demonstrates Need for Smoking Cessation Counseling With Spiral CT Scan for Detection of Early Lung Cancer
• Mar 5, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Receives $4,700 Donation from Local Social Security Administration Employees
• Mar 5, 2002
  Golf Tournament Benefits Fox Chase Cancer Center Early Child Development Program
• Mar 5, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Appoints Harry S. Cooper, M.D. Vice-Chairman Department of Pathology
• Feb 28, 2002
  Association of University Technology Managers Chooses Harsche as President-Elect
• Feb 20, 2002
  FDA Approves First Radioactive Antibody for Cancer Treatment; Fox Chase Cancer Center Involved in Clinical Trials Leading to Zevalin's Approval
• Feb 20, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers New Study For Lung Cancer Treatment
• Feb 19, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center's Graduate Nurse Program Receives Top Award
• Feb 12, 2002
  Support Group for Women With Gynecologic Cancer Meets at Fox Chase Cancer Center
• Feb 12, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Researchers Study Colon Cancer Risk Among Ashkenazi Jews
• Feb 8, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers New Prostate Cancer Treatment With Fewer Side Effects; Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
• Feb 6, 2002
  American Nurses Association Appoints Hambleton to Commission on Workplace Advocacy
• Feb 5, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Experts Find Elderly Lung Cancer Patients Fare As Well As Younger Patients When Given Aggressive Chemotherapy Regimens
• Jan 30, 2002
  Can Colon Cancer Be Detected in the Stool?
• Jan 23, 2002
  The American Journal of Nursing has named its 2001 Book of the Year; Fox Chase Cancer Center Nurse Authors Chapter on End of Life and Palliative Care.
• Jan 22, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers Topical Gel to Treat Precursor to Skin Cancer
• Jan 11, 2002
  Local Sewing Club Donates Pillows and Caps to Fox Chase Cancer Center; Rip Stitchers Delivery "Makes a Difference"
• Jan 7, 2002
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Scientist Awarded $117,000 for Research in Tuberous Sclerosis
• Jan 7, 2002
  Brown and Keith Join Fox Chase Cancer Center Board
• Jan 4, 2002
  Cancer-Fighting Drug May Work in Prevention and Treatment
• Jan 4, 2002
  "Find a Cure Outing" Raises $49,000 for Fox Chase Cancer Center