2003 News Room

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October 2003

• Fox Chase Cancer Center Awards Translational Research Grants to Seven Research Collaborations (10-24-2003)
• Dr. Natalie Joseph Joins Surgical Oncology Staff at Fox Chase Cancer Center (10-24-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Awarded Congressional Funding to Support American-Russian Cancer Alliance (10-24-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Study Reveals Low Complication Rates When Breast Cancer Patients Receive Radiation Therapy After Reconstruction (10-22-2003)
• Who Enrolls in Clinical Oncology Trials? A National Cancer Institute-Sponsored Patterns of Care Study Analysis (10-21-2003)
• Study: Hormones Significantly Increase Side Effects for Prostate Cancer Patients; Results Complicate Treatment Decision (10-21-2003)
• Ki-67 Biomarker Is a Strong Predictor of Outcome For Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with Androgen Deprivation plus Radiotherapy (10-21-2003)
• Whole-Breast Irradiation After Lumpectomy May Protect Women from Recurrence Long Term (10-21-2003)
• Smoking Cessation Gives Survival Advantage for Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Conservation Surgery and Radiation (10-20-2003)
• Dose of Radiation Therapy Directed to the Prostate Affects Treatment Outcome (10-20-2003)
• Current Guidelines for Assessing Treatment Outcome Following Radiation Therapy Overestimate Progression When Hormones Are Included in Treatment (10-20-2003)
• Should the Standard Guidelines for Assessing Prostate Cancer Control Be Changed? (10-20-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Named Best Place to Work in the U.S. for Academia Researchers (10-16-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Medical Oncologist Receives NIH Grant to Study Treatment Decision Making and Doctor-Patient Communication (10-15-2003)
• National Institutes of Health Announce Funding of New "Breast Cancer and the Environmental Research Center" at Fox Chase Cancer Center. Fox Chase's Breast Center Is One of Only Four in the United States (10-14-2003)
• Kremp Florist to Donate Portion of Sales to Fox Chase Cancer Center (10-09-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Hosts Fall Nursing Open House (10-07-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Adds "CT-on-Rails" to Radiation Therapy For Extreme Precision (10-07-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Physicians Study Breast Cancer Vaccine (10-06-2003)
• Hematology Support Group Meets at Fox Chase Cancer Center (10-01-2003)

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September 2003

• Guttmann Returns to Fox Chase Cancer Center's Diagnostic Imaging Department (09-19-2003)
• Motorcycle "Ride for the Cure" to Benefit Tulli Breast Cancer Fund at Fox Chase Cancer Center (09-18-2003)
• Registration Underway at Fox Chase Cancer Center for 5th Annual "Paws for the Cause" Dog Walk (09-15-2003)
• Five Years of Tamoxifen To Prevent Breast Cancer Recurrence, Then What?
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Researchers Study Examestane After Tamoxifen (09-15-2003)
• Can Healthy Bones Help Prevent the Spread of Breast Cancer?
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Physicians Study Bone-Building Drug (09-12-2003)
• Men At Greater Risk of Developing Prostate Cancer When A Brother Has the Disease
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Study Finds Risk is Increased Nearly Three-Fold (09-12-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Examines New Radiation Treatment for Edometrial Cancer; IMRT Could Have Fewer Side Effects, Shorter Treatment Time (09-04-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center and Wilex Awarded First Biotechnology Clinical Partnership Grant from Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (09-04-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Awarded Philadelphia's First Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP) Research Base (09-02-2003)

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July 2003

• Fox Chase Cancer Center Ranks as Top Cancer Center in Delaware Valley According to U.S. News & World Report, Among Elite Top 15 in Nation (07-18-2003)
• One Drug, Two Targets:
  Fox Chase Cancer Center Researchers Developing Second Generation of Targeted Cancer Therapy (07-13-2003)

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June 2003

• Fox Chase Cancer Center Awarded More Than $25 Million Since 1993 from U.S. Department of Defense for Cancer Research (06-30-2003)

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May 2003

• Monoclonal Antibody Has Promising Activity in Phase II Clinical Trial for Advanced Colon Cancer (05-30-2003)
• Cancer in the Older Population: Elderly Often Excluded from Treatment Trials (05-30-2003)
• Department of Defense Awards Grant to Fox Chase Cancer Center Researcher; Alan Pollack, MD, PhD To Receive $630,000 to Study Prostate Cancer (05-21-2003)
• "Strength for All Seasons" Health Fair To Be Held At Fox Chase Cancer Center (05-20-2003)
• Department of Defense Awards Grant to Fox Chase Cancer Center Researcher; Elizabeth Henske, M.D., To Receive $399,000 to Study Inherited Disease (05-07-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center holds 11th Annual 'Plain & Fancy': A Taste of the Greater Delaware Valley (05-07-2003)

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April 2003

• Fox Chase Cancer Center Physician Receives Pennsylvania Grant Funded by Tax-Refund Check-Off (04-25-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center: Prostate Cancer Treatment with IMRT Reduces Irradiation of Erectile Tissue (04-25-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Risk Assessment Counselor Awarded an American Cancer Society Scholarship (04-16-2003)
• National Cancer Institute Offers Smoking Quitline - 1-877-44U-QUIT (04-16-2003)
• Albert Accepted Into Fellowship Program in Medical Infomatics (04-15-2003)
• Rocking Spring Fling (04-09-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center is Seeking Volunteers (04-07-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Study: People With MPO Gene Less Likely to Develop Lung Cancer (04-07-2003)
• Easton Hospital and Fox Chase Cancer Center Announce Cancer Affiliation (04-03-2003)

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March 2003

• Community Outreach Coordinator for Nang supports The Tulli Fund for breast cancer prevention and research at Fox Chase Cancer Center (National Breast Cancer Prevention Trial Focuses on Recruitment in Latino Community (03-31-2003)
• Rose of Discovery of Hope Makes a Great Gift Mothers Day Gift; Purchase Also Benefits Research and Prevention at Fox Chase Cancer Center (03-31-2003)
• Avery Elected Chairman of Fox Chase Cancer Center Board (03-28-2003)
• "Mini-Transplants" Offer New Hope for Older Cancer Patients (03-28-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Physicians Study Breast Cancer Vaccine (03-28-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Physicians Test Vaccine for Colorectal Cancer (03-28-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Offers Surgery for Small Cell Lung Cancer As Part of Clinical Trial (03-25-2003)
• Philadelphia Black Women's Health Project offers Symposium on Breast Cancer at Fox Chase Cancer Center (03-14-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Promotes Eric M. Horwitz, M.D., to Member in Department of Radiation Oncology (03-06-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Appoints Robert G. Uzzo, M.D., a Member in Department of Surgical Oncology (03-06-2003)
• Researchers Develop First Mouse Model of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (03-05-2003)

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February 2003

• Fox Chase Cancer Center Day-Care Recognized Among Nation's Best (02-24-2003)
• Survey: Fox Chase Named Among Best Places to Work for Postdocs (02-20-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Researchers Make Significant Discovery About Function of a Critical Tumor-Suppressor Protein (02-02-2003)

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January 2003

• Fox Chase Cancer Center Appoints Riehs Vice President for Ambulatory Care Services (01-29-2003)
• Governor Ed Rendell Joins Pennsylvania Cancer Alliance In Honoring House Speaker Matthew J. Ryan (01-28-2003)
• Pennsylvania Cancer Alliance Reports On Tobacco Settlement Money Used for Research; Governor Ed Rendell to Speak at Reception Honoring Speaker Matthew Ryan (01-27-2003)
• New Radiation Treatment for Breast Cancer Offered at Fox Chase Cancer Center; Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Has Fewer Side Effects, Shorter Treatment Time (01-25-2003)
• Suzanne Roberts named Spokesperson of Grandparents Cancer Prevention Campaign (01-17-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Welcomes New Congressman; Joseph Hoeffel Visits With Physicians, Researchers and Staff (01-16-2003)
• Study Finds Adolescent Diet Influences Sex Hormone Levels (01-09-2003)
• Fox Chase Cancer Center Names National Spokesperson for Its Grandparents' Cancer Prevention Campaign (01-06-2003)
• January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month (01-03-2003)
• Piccolo Named Vice President for Health Services at Fox Chase Cancer Center (01-03-2003)

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