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Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers Free Skin Cancer Screening at Huntington Pike Office
Registration is closed for this event (May 12, 2004)PHILADELPHIA (May 5, 2004) -- As part of the American Academy of Dermatology's Skin Cancer Awareness Month, Fox Chase Cancer Center is offering free skin cancer screening at its medical offices located at 8 Huntingdon Pike on Wednesday, May 19th from 12:30 a.m. - 4:30 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.
To make an appointment and for more information 215-728-2570. The medical offices at 8 Huntingdon Pike are located on the corner of Fillmore St. and Huntingdon Pike, just four blocks away from the main Fox Chase campus.
This screening is being offered as part of the American Academy of Dermatology National Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month.
Fox Chase Cancer Center was founded in 1904 in Philadelphia, Pa. as the nation's first cancer hospital. In 1974, Fox Chase became one of the first institutions designated as a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center. Fox Chase conducts basic, clinical, population and translational 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 call 1-888-FOX CHASE (1-888-369-2427).
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