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Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers an Afternoon of Free Skin Cancer Screening

PHILADELPHIA (May 3, 2002) -- A free skin cancer screening is being offered by Fox Chase Cancer Center in Northeast Philadelphia on Monday, May 20th, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Fox Chase's director of dermatology, Stuart R. Lessin, M.D., will examine participants on site by appointment only. Skin procedures will not be performed during the screening.

For appointments and more information, call 215-728-5535.

This screening is being offered as part of the American Academy of Dermatology National Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month.

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.

For additional assistance, please contact Karen Carter Mallet at 215-728-2700 or Sue Montgomery Madden at 215-728-7784.

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