Making Cancer History
Disease and Discovery at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Published on 13. July 2009
408 pages
978-1-4214-0531-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
23 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
23 Halftones, black and white
File size
3,21 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4214-0531-5 (9781421405315)
DOI
10.56021/9780801890567
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James S. Olson
Making Cancer History
Disease and Discovery at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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07/2009
Johns Hopkins University Press
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James S. Olson is the Texas State University System Regents Professor of History at Sam Houston State University. He has written and edited dozens of books, including Bathsheba's Breast: Women, Cancer, and History, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. R. Lee Clark, History, and the Dread Disease
2. Present at the Creation
3. Designing a Dream, 1946-1950
4. The Pink Palace, 1950-1955
5. Changing Paradigms, 1956-1963
6. M. D. Anderson and the Rise of Medical Oncology, 1964-1969
7. The Summit, 1970-1971
8. Waging War and Fading Away, 1971-1977
9. Charles A. LeMaistre and the Consolidation of Excellence, 1978-1983
10. Chasing the Devil, 1984-1988
11. Victory, Defeat, and an Elusive Enemy, 1988-1996
12. John Mendelsohn and the New Frontiers in Oncology, 1996-2000
13. New Offensives, 2001-2007
14. Tipping History?
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
1. R. Lee Clark, History, and the Dread Disease
2. Present at the Creation
3. Designing a Dream, 1946-1950
4. The Pink Palace, 1950-1955
5. Changing Paradigms, 1956-1963
6. M. D. Anderson and the Rise of Medical Oncology, 1964-1969
7. The Summit, 1970-1971
8. Waging War and Fading Away, 1971-1977
9. Charles A. LeMaistre and the Consolidation of Excellence, 1978-1983
10. Chasing the Devil, 1984-1988
11. Victory, Defeat, and an Elusive Enemy, 1988-1996
12. John Mendelsohn and the New Frontiers in Oncology, 1996-2000
13. New Offensives, 2001-2007
14. Tipping History?
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
