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Centers of the Cancer Universe: A Half-Century of Progress Against Cancer reviews 50-years of progress in cancer research and treatment since the signing of the 1971 National Cancer Act, and the role played by the NCI-designated cancer centers created by the Act.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Foreword by Nancy G. Brinker
Chapter 1-- The State of Cancer Research and Care: Before the National Cancer Act of 1971
Chapter 2-- Developing a National Cancer Program
Chapter 3-- Creating the Cancer Centers: The Legacy of the "Yellow Berets"
Chapter 4-- Building the Network of NCI-Designated Cancer Centers --A Few at a Time
Chapter 5-- The Newest Kids on the NCI-Designation Block
Chapter 6-- The Role of Pediatric Oncology and Pediatric Cancer Centers
Chapter 7-- Medicine or Marketing? Keeping True to the Mission and Balancing Hype and Hope
Chapter 8-The Rise of Oncology Specialties and Professional Societies
Chapter 9-- Progress in Cancer Research and Cancer Care Since the National Cancer Act: According to the Experts
Chapter 10-- Where is the Best Place to Go When You Learn that You Have Cancer?
Chapter 11--Future Challenges for Cancer Centers: Funding and Finances, Community Cancer Centers, and Addressing Cancer Disparities
Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the Authors
About the author
Donald L. “Skip” Trump, MD, has been an active clinician and investigator throughout his career in oncology. Prior to retiring from his position as founding CEO of the Inova Schar Cancer Institute (ISCI), in Fairfax, VA where he led development of large community health system cancer program, Trump was President and CEO of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), an NCI-designated cancer center. In addition to his 13-year career at RPCI, Trump held leadership positions at NCI centers at the University of Pittsburgh, Duke and the University of Wisconsin. He lives in Oakton, Virginia.Eric T. Rosenthal is an award-winning independent journalist who has covered issues, controversies and trends in oncology for more than three decades for a number of news media outlets. He founded the National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Centers Public Affairs Network in 1990; has cochaired numerous conferences on cancer or medicine and the media; and served on several national cancer committees, including the NCI-Director’s Consumer Liaison Group. He lives in Audubon, Pennsylvania.
Summary
Centers of the Cancer Universe: A Half-Century of Progress Against Cancer reviews 50-years of progress in cancer research and treatment since the signing of the 1971 National Cancer Act, and the role played by the NCI-designated cancer centers created by the Act.
