In January, the Cancer History Project is focusing on the legacies of the people who comprise the field. A full archive of individuals whose contributions are preserved in the Cancer History Project is available here.
In an interview with the Cancer History Project, Kay Dickersin, one of the early leaders of the grassroots breast cancer patient advocacy movement, recounted the beginnings of the National Breast Cancer Coalition.
In 1971, when the National Cancer Act was signed, J. Palmer Saunders was the director of the Division of Cancer Research, Resources and Centers.
In 1991, NCI recorded impact statements commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the National Cancer Act of 1971—and now this historic document has been digitized and made searchable in the Cancer History Project.
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey opened its doors in 1993 as the result of a P20 planning grant, and in 1997 became the first NCI-designated cancer center in New Jersey.
Can you name the first NCI-designated cancer centers? The answer to this question is anything but straightforward—in part because the contenders predate NCI’s definition of a “cancer center”.
The American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout has been held the third Thursday of November annually since 1976. At the first official Great American Smokeout on Nov. 18, 1976, the California Division of ACS successfully helped nearly 1 million people quit smoking for one day.
This week’s spotlight contributor, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, is highlighting cancer genomics, breast cancer research, pancreatic cancer research, and the New York Giants.
For Tobacco Awareness Month this November, the Cancer History Project is working with University of Alabama’s Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society to highlight tobacco’s past in oncology’s history—from pharmaceutical advertisements, to World War II propaganda, and depictions of tobacco in cartoons.
Jaya M. Satagopan, PhD, is a full member in the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and professor in the department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Rutgers School of Public Health. Between 2016 and 2019, Dr. Satagopan completed her Master’s degree in science communication and public engagement from the University of Edinburgh.
