Making Cancer History: Disease and Discovery at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
by Olson, James S.Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-04-01
Publisher(s): JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PRESS
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Summary
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.
Author Biography
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.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| R. Lee Clark, History, and the Dread Disease | p. 1 |
| Present at the Creation | p. 24 |
| Designing a Dream, 1946-1950 | p. 39 |
| The Pink Palace, 1950-1955 | p. 58 |
| Changing Paradigms, 1956-1963 | p. 75 |
| M.D. Anderson and the Rise of Medical Oncology, 1964-1969 | p. 92 |
| The Summit, 1970-1971 | p. 116 |
| Waging War and Fading Away, 1971-1977 | p. 140 |
| Charles A. LeMaistre and the Consolidation of Excellence, 1978-1983 | p. 163 |
| Chasing the Devil, 1984-1988 | p. 192 |
| Victory, Defeat, and an Elusive Enemy, 1988-1996 | p. 214 |
| John Mendelsohn and the New Frontiers in Oncology, 1996-2000 | p. 236 |
| New Offensives, 2001-2007 | p. 258 |
| Tipping History? | p. 282 |
| Epilogue | p. 301 |
| Notes | p. 317 |
| Bibliography | p. 345 |
| Index | p. 355 |
| Illustrations | p. 162 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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