Making Cancer History
eBook - ePub

Making Cancer History

Disease and Discovery at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

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eBook - ePub

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

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Chapter 1 R. Lee Clark, History, and the Dread Disease
  8. Chapter 2 Present at the Creation
  9. Chapter 3 Designing a Dream, 1946-1950
  10. Chapter 4 The Pink Palace, 1950-1955
  11. Chapter 5 Changing Paradigms, 1956-1963
  12. Chapter 6 M. D. Anderson and the Rise of Medical Oncology, 1964-1969
  13. Chapter 7 The Summit, 1970-1971
  14. Chapter 8 Waging War and Fading Away, 1971-1977
  15. Chapter 9 Charles A. LeMaistre and the Consolidation of Excellence, 1978-1983
  16. Chapter 10 Chasing the Devil, 1984-1988
  17. Chapter 11 Victory, Defeat, and an Elusive Enemy, 1988-1996
  18. Chapter 12 John Mendelsohn and the New Frontiers in Oncology, 1996-2000
  19. Chapter 13 New Offensives, 2001-2007
  20. Chapter 14 Tipping History?
  21. Epilogue
  22. Notes
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index
  25. Illustrations