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        <issuerName>CYTOGEN CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CYTO</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>BECKER MICHAEL D</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>08540-5308</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
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            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President and CEO</officerTitle>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
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                    <value>50000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
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                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
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            <expirationDate>
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        <footnote id="F1">Such options were granted pursuant to the terms of the Company's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan and vest in three equal annual
installments beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Michael D. Becker</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-06-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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2004-06-15
0
0000725058
CYTOGEN CORP
CYTO
0001211252
BECKER MICHAEL D
C/O CYTOGEN CORPORATION
650 COLLEGE ROAD EAST CN-5308, STE 3100
PRINCETON
NJ
08540-5308
0
1
0
0
President and CEO
Options to Purchase Common Stock
11.50
2004-06-15
4
A
0
50000
0
A
2005-06-15
2014-06-15
Common Stock
50000
50000
D
Such options were granted pursuant to the terms of the Company's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan and vest in three equal annual
installments beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant.
/s/ Michael D. Becker
2004-06-16