Annual Report 2001
	Looking to the Future
	Maternal & Child Health
	A Community of Caring
	View Points
	People Make the Difference
	Financial Review
	Continuing the Vision
	Missions & Values Statement

Because one in eight women will get breast cancer, early detection is critical. Join us for a special community education program to familiarize women with components of breast health. The program features Grand View Hospital surgeon, Lewis M. Gill, M.D., and a film discussing the importance of early detection. A free Breast Cancer Screening will be available. It will consist of a clinical exam by a physician and breast self-exam instruction by a nurse. A voucher for a reduced rate mammogram will also be available for women age 35 and older who have never had a mammogram at Grand View. Registration is required by calling 215/453-4044.

The Grand View Hospital Auxiliary presented a check for $190,000 to Kenneth Longacre, chairman of the Grand View Health Foundation. This is the largest donation ever made by the Auxiliary, which has raised $760,000 in the last five years. The gift was designated for the recently-completed MRI Suite. The Auxiliary raised the money through projects such as the Charity Ball, Golf Tournament, Festival of Lights, and the Corner Cupboard Gift Shop in the Hospital. New members are welcome at any time. Call 215/453-4381 for information.

In addition to the Radiation Oncology Center at the High Point Professional Center, 700 Horizon Circle, New Britain Township, Grand View Hospital services are expanding to include OB/GYN services and a family medicine practice. Appointments are being accepted for Angela C. Boylan, M.D., and Elizabeth A. Hamilton, M.D., of Grand View Medical Practices OB/GYN at High Point. Neil Matthews, M.D., a family physician at Grand View Medical Practices at High Point, will begin accepting appointments in November. Call 215/822-3130 for an appointment at either the OB/GYN or family medicine offices.

Healthy men age 55 and older are needed for the largest-ever prostate cancer prevention study, recently launched by the National Cancer Institute, Jefferson Cancer Network, and Grand View Hospital. The Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial, or SELECT, seeks to learn if these two dietary supplements can protect against prostate cancer, the most common form of cancer—after skin cancer, in men.

This is the first study designed to look directly at the effects of vitamin E and selenium, both separately and together, in preventing prostate cancer. Previous research suggested that these nutrients might prevent prostate cancer, but it wasn't known for sure. These nutrients were chosen for study because of the results of two other large cancer prevention trials. Men interested in joining the study can call the Grand View Hospital Medical Oncology Unit at 215/453-4878.