Mary Lasker left a collection of detailed oral histories and a massive archive of documents, kept at Columbia University: 795 boxes and 7 flat boxes, which amount to 353 linear feet.
The FDA Oncology Center of Excellence has signed on as the latest contributor to the Cancer History Project.
Ernestine Hambrick, the first woman board-certified in colon and rectal surgery, is the recipient of the 2022 American College of Surgeons Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Inspiring Women in Surgery Award.
NCI Director Monica Bertagnolli remembers when Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan went public with their breast cancer diagnoses—and the profound impact those decisions had on oncology.
Mark Haynes Smith died Nov. 3, 2022. He was my partner and husband for just shy of 39 years. He was only 63.
Breast cancer history is closely tied with the treatment of the most prominent non-elected political person in the country, the First Lady.
Over the past year, dozens of Ukraine’s female oncologists, who—unlike draft-age men—aren’t restricted from leaving the country, have been receiving training in Western countries, including the United States.
Russia’s invasion a year ago has exacerbated the problems that afflicted Ukraine’s health care system, creating a new threat to the lives of patients struggling with cancer.
In 1991, Ukraine started to transform its healthcare system, and these changes continue to this day.
By Robert A. Winn, MDDirector and Lipman Chair in Oncology, VCU Massey Cancer Center,Senior associate dean for cancer innovation, VCU School of Medicine,Professor, Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine,Virginia Commonwealth University;Guest editor, The Cancer History ProjectAsk members of the oncology community about the Howard University Cancer Center (HUCC), and more than 70 years later they will more than likely mention the man who laid the foundation for it.
