If a Mount Rushmore of Epidemiology were to exist, Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr. would be etched into the face of the mountain, former NCI Director Ned Sharpless once told Stephen J. Chanock. Of the hundreds of scientists Fraumeni mentored, perhap…
Robert Mayer remembers the attitude that cancer doctors had about pancreatic cancer when he first started practicing medicine in 1969: “The disease represented a hopeless situation,” Mayer said. “I particularly recall a reasonable number of…
Robert Mayer remembers the attitude that cancer doctors had about pancreatic cancer when he first started practicing medicine in 1969: “The disease represented a hopeless situation,” Mayer said. “I particularly recall a reasonable number of…
The Cancer History Project is proud to publish de novo “Backwater to Blockbuster,” which chronicles the untold story of the explosive growth of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Told in intimate detail by two long-standing faculty memb…
“Backwater to Blockbuster,” the first de novo book published by the Cancer History Project, traces the evolution of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to its current status of a powerhouse of research in pediatric cancer. The book is ava…
The Cancer History Project is proud to publish de novo “Backwater to Blockbuster,” which chronicles the untold story of the explosive growth of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Told in intimate detail by two long-standing faculty memb…
Created to mark the 50th anniversary of the National Cancer Act of 1971, the Cancer History Project is a free historical resource that places a vast, expertly curated collection of primary sources and authoritative interpretations within ea…
Olufunmilayo “Funmi” Olopade, director for the Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics and Global Health at the University of Chicago, credits her Nigerian upbringing for her focus on global cancer genetics. “My Yoruba culture really worships o…
The goal of the Cancer History Project is twofold: to collect and preserve the history of cancer research, and to spark rigorous discussion of the achievements of the past half-century. Created to mark the 50th anniversary of the National C…
When Bernie Lewinsky was a young radiotherapy resident, he studied under some of the most storied names in the field. Now, over fifty years later, he marvels at how much radiation oncology has changed. “You’ve gone from a betatron, cobalt a…
The mission of the Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF) is to fund research to discover cures and more effective treatments for neuroendocrine cancers. NETRF is the largest global funder of neuroendocrine cancer research and the…
‘Get busy living’ is Carrie Camino’s call to action and the lens that she uses to determine where to spend her time in order to make an impact. Her vision and journey is documented in the linked video. Carrie Camino joined the NETRF Board o…