Making cancer history : disease and discovery at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center / James S. Olson.

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

xiv, 369 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-353) and index.

R. Lee Clark, history, and the dread disease -- Present at the creation -- Designing a dream, 1946-1950 -- The Pink Palace, 1950-1955 -- Changing paradigms, 1956-1963 -- M.D. Anderson and the rise of medical oncology, 1964-1969 -- The summit, 1970-1971 -- Waging war and fading away, 1971-1977 -- Charles A. LeMaistre and the consolidation of excellence, 1978-1983 -- Chasing the devil, 1984-1988 -- Victory, defeat, and an elusive enemy, 1988-1996 -- John Mendelsohn and the new frontiers in oncology, 1996-2000 -- New offensives, 2001-2007 -- Tipping history?