The Richard Nixon Foundation will host the Nixon National Cancer Conference at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA, on Dec. 1-2.
On Oct. 11, 1971, Roswell Park Memorial Institute hosted hearings to discuss the National Cancer Act of 1971. The hearings finalized the language of the bill and established the Cancer Center Support Grant.
A podcast on developments in genitourinary cancer is recording oral histories with pioneers of GU oncology. Sharpless discusses the history and future of NCI at the Paul Calabresi Memorial Lecture, Nov. 2.
Stanley Reimann was just one man, but in September 1930 he faced the daunting task of sustaining a fledgling research institute, which had started in 1921 in a makeshift lab above a hospital morgue, dedicated to unraveling the causes of cancer.
Breast cancer awareness month edition, with 1994 letters to the editor on mammography and the Bernard Fisher scandal.
Before Janet Rowley, few scientists suspected that chromosomal aberrations caused cancer. Beginning in the 1970s, however, she made a series of fundamental discoveries demonstrating that specific chromosomal changes caused certain types of leukemia.
Emil J Freireich, a trailblazing oncologist who developed groundbreaking therapies for childhood leukemia, and one of the 60 original members of ASCO, died Feb. 1.
In real time, the Cancer History Project is documenting a growing collection of podcasts in the oncology sphere, focused on oral histories, the history of cancer advocacy, the evolution of treatment, and more.
As we approach the 23rd anniversary of The March, The Cancer Letter archives offer a unique way to reflect on the leadup to—and events of—the day. In October, 1997, The Cancer Letter dedicated the entirety of what was then an 8-page publication to a lengthy analysis of the vision for The March. Then, one year later, those same 8 pages were trained on the event—the speeches, the attendance, the music, and more.
From 1992 to 2008, Ellen Stovall was the president and CEO of NCCS, the oldest survivor-led organization advocating for quality cancer care for all Americans. This video, filmed and produced in 2008, features interviews from NCCS co-founders Dr. Patti Ganz and Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan, Dr. Julia Rowland, Dr. Zeke Emanuel, the late General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, and others.
