Rose Kushner was a war correspondent during the Vietnam War. She wrote openly about her breast cancer diagnosis in the 1970s, and went on to become an influential breast cancer advocate.
Jed Manocherian wants your attention—but not for himself.
Soon after real estate developer and investor Jed Manocherian started a non-profit that lobbies for biomedical research, he heard about the outsized role Mary Lasker played in shaping government-funded biomedical research in the U.S.
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.
