
Making Cancer History
Disease and Discovery at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Making Cancer History
Disease and Discovery at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
About this book
The history of the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center vividly reveals how cancer treatment in America—and our attitudes toward the disease—has 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.
Through interviews with M. D. Anderson's leaders and patients, Olson brings to life the struggle to understand and treat cancer in America. A cancer survivor who has himself been treated at the center, Olson imbues this history with humor, passion, and humanity.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 R. Lee Clark, History, and the Dread Disease
- Chapter 2 Present at the Creation
- Chapter 3 Designing a Dream, 1946-1950
- Chapter 4 The Pink Palace, 1950-1955
- Chapter 5 Changing Paradigms, 1956-1963
- Chapter 6 M. D. Anderson and the Rise of Medical Oncology, 1964-1969
- Chapter 7 The Summit, 1970-1971
- Chapter 8 Waging War and Fading Away, 1971-1977
- Chapter 9 Charles A. LeMaistre and the Consolidation of Excellence, 1978-1983
- Chapter 10 Chasing the Devil, 1984-1988
- Chapter 11 Victory, Defeat, and an Elusive Enemy, 1988-1996
- Chapter 12 John Mendelsohn and the New Frontiers in Oncology, 1996-2000
- Chapter 13 New Offensives, 2001-2007
- Chapter 14 Tipping History?
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Illustrations