Making Cancer History

Disease and Discovery at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8018-9056-7
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Olson, James S

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Olson, James S
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.