Screen LibraryMaking cancer history：disease and discovery at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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| Published: |
Johns Hopkins University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Baltimore |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 369 p., [22] p. of plates: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780801890567 (hardcover : alk. paper) 080189056X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | R730 |
| CLC: |
R730.5-09 R199.712-09 |
| Call Number: | R199.712-09/O524 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-353) and index. R. Lee Clark, history, and the dread disease -- Present at the creation -- Designing a dream, 1946-1950 -- The Pink Palace, 1950-1955 -- Changing paradigms, 1956-1963 -- M.D. Anderson and the rise of medical oncology, 1964-1969 -- The summit, 1970-1971 -- Waging war and fading away, 1971-1977 -- Charles A. LeMaistre and the consolidation of excellence, 1978-1983 -- Chasing the devil, 1984-1988 -- Victory, defeat, and an elusive enemy, 1988-1996 -- John Mendelsohn and the new frontiers in oncology, 1996-2000 -- New offensives, 2001-2007 -- Tipping history? |