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Making Cancer History

Disease and Discovery at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
  • ISBN-13: 9780801890567
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By James S. Olson
  • Price: AUD $90.99
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  • Local release date: 14/07/2009
  • Format: Hardback 408 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History of medicine [MBX]
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The history of the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center vividly reveals how cancer treatment in America—and our attitudes toward the disease—have changed since the middle of the twentieth century. One of the preeminent cancer centers in the world, M. D. Anderson is also one of the first medical institutions devoted exclusively to caring for people with cancer and researching treatments and cures for the disease. Historian James S. Olson's narrative relates the story of the center's founding and of the surgeons, radiologists, radiotherapists, nurses, medical oncologists, scientists, administrators, and patients who built M. D. Anderson into the world-class institution it is today. Olson brings to life the struggle to understand and treat cancer in America through interviews with M. D. Anderson's leaders and patients. A cancer survivor who has himself been treated at the center, Olson imbues this history with humor, passion, and humanity.

PrefaceAcknowledgments1. R. Lee Clark, History, and the Dread Disease2. Present at the Creation3. Designing a Dream, 1946–19504. The Pink Palace, 1950–19555. Changing Paradigms, 1956–19636. M. D. Anderson and the Rise of Medical Oncology, 1964–19697. The Summit, 1970–19718. Waging War and Fading Away, 1971–19779. Charles A. LeMaistre and the Consolidation of Excellence, 1978–198310. Chasing the Devil, 1984–198811. Victory, Defeat, and an Elusive Enemy, 1988–199612. John Mendelsohn and the New Frontiers in Oncology, 1996–200013. New Offensives, 2001–200714. Tipping History?EpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

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