Publication

2008 - Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland

Language

English

Word Count

92,250 words, Guess

Page Count

369 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10080189056X
  • ISBN-139780801890567
  • LibraryThing6528672
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008010925
  • OCLC Control Number213379650
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780801890567
  • Open LibraryOL16680254M

Classifications

  • DDC362.196/994009764
  • LCCRC277.T4 O47 2008
  • LCCRC277.T4
and 1 more
  • LCCRC277.T4 O47 2009

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.--Amazon.com.

Subjects

Topics

TumorsHistoryTherapyOncologyNeoplasmsMedical centersMedical Oncology

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