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1998 News Room
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December 1998
- Construction of Nation's First Cancer Prevention Pavilion Well Under Way at Fox Chase Cancer Center (12-04-1998)
- Foundations and Corporations Give Generously to Fox Chase Cancer Center's Prevention Campaign (12-04-1998)
- Fox Chase Employees Kick-off Family Campaign to Raise $1 Million (12-04-1998)
- Holiday Gift-Wrap Booth Benefits Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center (12-03-1998)
- Fox Chase Cancer Center and Other Area Institutions Establish International Union (12-01-1998)
November 1998
- Torosian Joins Breast-Cancer Team at Fox Chase Cancer Center (11-30-1998)
- Volunteers' Annual Gift to Fox Chase Cancer Center Exceeds $.5 Million-- Largest-Ever Donation from Board of Associates and Member Groups (11-30-1998)
- Prostate-Cancer Risk Assessment Program Available to Help Men Before Cancer Strikes (11-25-1998)
- Tree of Life Ceremony Symbolizes Courage; Memorializes Loved Ones (11-23-1998)
- Fox Chase Donor Receives Distinguished Honor (11-17-1998)
- Money From Tobacco Settlement Requested to Ease Human Burden of Cancer (11-16-1998)
- Space Worms Did Not Survive Mission; Students Continue Project (11-11-1998)
- Fox Chase Cancer Center Scientist to Receive John Scott Award (11-10-1998)
- New BAT Machine Expected To Become Standard In Treating Prostate Cancer (11-09-1998)
- Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple University Announce An Expanded Academic and Clinical Affiliation (11-09-1998)
- New Study Links Massage Therapy With the Immune System (11-09-1998)
- First Breast Cancer Prevention Drug Given Clearance by FDA; Fox Chase Doctors Applaud the Approval (11-04-1998)
- Merck Genome Research Institute Grant Helps Fox Chase Cancer Center Develop Laboratory Tools to Test for Protein Interactions in Cells (11-02-1998)
- Paoli Volunteer Group Donates $186,000 to Fox Chase Cancer Center (11-02-1998)
October 1998
- One Thousand Tiny Worms Blast Into Space On Space Shuttle Discovery (10-29-1998)
- Bon Secours-Holy Family Medical Center, Fox Chase Cancer Center Announce Fox Chase Network Partnership (10-20-1998)
- Fox Chase Cancer Center's Dr. Eric Moss Receives Charles E. Culpeper Foundation Pilot Grant (10-13-1998)
- Fox Chase Cancer Center Day Care Recognized Among Nation's Best (10-01-1998)
September 1998
- Carol and Kenneth Weg Endow Chair in Human Genetics for Fox Chase Cancer Center's Research Institute for Cancer Prevention (09-28-1998)
- Fox Chase Cancer Center Chosen to Participate In Second Breast Cancer Prevention Trial (09-23-1998)
- Herceptin Now Made Available to More Women Through Fox Chase Cancer Center, NCI Announces (09-22-1998)
- Fox Chase Cancer Center Opens Region's First Cancer-Specific Complementary Medicine Program, One of Few in the Nation. (09-22-1998)
- Full Report of Breast Cancer Prevention Trial Released (09-15-1998)
- Fox Chase Cancer Center Joins the Nation in Honoring Cancer Survivors and Remembering Lives Lost to Cancer (09-14-1998)
- Fox Chase Cancer Center Supporter to Be Honored For Her Dedication to Breast Cancer Awareness (09-14-1998)
- W. W. Smith Charitable Trust Endows Chair in Cancer Research for Fox Chase Cancer Center's Research Institute for Cancer Prevention (09-11-1998)
- Conquer Cancer Coast-To-Coast National Bike Ride Arrives at Fox Chase Cancer Center on September 16 (09-08-1998)
- A Fox Chase Cancer Center Pioneer in Cancer Research To Receive Nation's Most Distinguished Honor (09-01-1998)
August 1998
- Dr. Neal Meropol Joins Fox Chase Cancer Center to Head Gastrointestinal Cancer Programs (08-25-1998)
- Fox Chase Cancer Center and Stazi Milano Restaurant Host 9th Annual "Pedal for Prevention" Bike Ride (08-19-1998)
- Fox Chase Cancer Center Introduces New Complementary Medicine Program at Aerob-a-thon and Tennis Event (08-19-1998)
- Fox Chase Cancer Center Cell Biologist Thomas Coleman Named V Foundation Scholar (08-18-1998)
- Fox Chase Cancer Center Leads Philadelphia to The March on Washington to Support Funding Cancer Research (08-12-1998)
- Nation's First-Time Ellison Award Supports Dr. Hong Yan's Basic Research on Aging at Fox Chase Cancer Center (08-05-1998)
- U.S. News & World Report� Names Fox Chase Cancer Center Top Cancer Hospital in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware (08-03-1998)
- American Cancer Society Awards $240,000 Research Grant to Fox Chase Cancer Center (08-03-1998)
July 1998
- Fox Chase Cancer Center Breast Cancer Study Offers Support Group for Couples (07-29-1998)
- SmithKline Beecham's Howard Pien Elected to Fox Chase Cancer Center Board (07-29-1998)
June 1998
- Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, Fox Chase Cancer Center Announce Fox Chase Network Partnership (06-24-1998)
May 1998
- Comprehensive Cancer Prevention Research Initiative Under Way at Fox Chase Cancer Center (05-14-1998)
- Robert Urich Helps Fox Chase Cancer Center Break Ground For The World's Foremost Comprehensive Prevention Research Facility (05-14-1998)
- Bristol-Myers Squibb's Kenneth Weg Elected to Fox Chase Cancer Center Board (05-07-1998)
April 1998
- Jewish Women's Cancer Conference Focuses on Genetic Links to Breast and Ovarian Cancers (04-23-1998)
- McKinley School Children's Gift to Fox Chase Cancer Center Honors Teacher Fred Gellard, Who Died of Cancer (04-21-1998)
- Eighth-Grader Jarrod Hill and Fox Chase Cancer Center Receive Awards Through Avon's Breast Cancer Awareness Crusade (04-20-1998)
- Fox Chase Cancer Center Receives $1.5 Million Challenge Grant From The Kresge Foundation (04-14-1998)