Don Thomas’s “secret weapons”—and how a 1970s BMT database continues to lead to new findings cancerletter.com/in-the-archive…

How a Fred Hutch Cancer Center database stretching back to the 1970s leads to new findings about blood cell mutations cancerhistoryproject.com/research-miles…

Retired @FredHutch oncology nurses reflect on a career as Don Thomas’s “secret weapons” cancerhistoryproject.com/article/the-se…

Chris Lundy had one week to live; 52 years later, he is the longest living BMT recipient at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center cancerhistoryproject.com/article/chris-…

Fred Appelbaum’s “Living Medicine” tells the story of bone marrow transplantation and Don Thomas’s discoveries cancerhistoryproject.com/article/fred-a…

This month on the #podcast: Listen to an interview with Walter Lawrence Jr. from 2020, when Lawrence was 95 years old and director emeritus of VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center. Lawrence spoke with The Cancer Letter's Paul Goldberg and VCU's Dr. Rob Winn. #surgonc #histmed cancerhistoryproject.com/article/walter…

As the Trump administration reshapes the cancer research enterprise that was built on the foundation of the National Cancer Act of 1971, the Cancer History Project presents an eyewitness account of the impact of this landmark law. cancerletter.com/in-the-archive…

A Korean war veteran, Walter Lawrence (VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center) served as chief of surgery for the 46th Army Surgical Hospital—a M.A.S.H. unit. After the war, he shifted his focus to surgical oncology, and is recognized as a founder of the field. #SurgOnc cancerhistoryproject.com/article/walter…

In 1971, when the National Cancer Act was signed, Walter Lawrence, Jr. (VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center), was one of the surgeons eager for a push forward, driven by rigorous science reviewed and funded by the federal government. open.spotify.com/episode/0DQZbZ…

Ashtrays in ivory towers: Two centuries of tobacco’s ties to academia. New exhibit by The Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society cancerletter.com/in-the-archive…

The Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation has joined the Cancer History Project to preserve the history of research, care, and survivorship of this uncommon disease. cancerletter.com/in-the-archive…

Elaine Nord, photographer and #neuroendocrine cancer survivor, speaks at the 2024 NETRF Symposium cancerhistoryproject.com/article/netrf-…

Ramesh Shivdasani: Viewing Intestinal NETs Through the Lens of Normal Human Enteroendocrine Cell Differentiation cancerhistoryproject.com/article/2024-s…

This month on the Cancer History Project Podcast: Melvin J. Silverstein (Keck Medicine of USC) on DCIS, breast cancer surgery, and building the first free-standing breast center. #bcsm cancerhistoryproject.com/article/melvin…

“I became wildly passionate about DCIS. I thought about it all the time,” Melvin Silverstein said on the Cancer History Project Podcast. “I thought about it when I went to sleep.” cancerhistoryproject.com/article/melvin…

Since 1991, the Women’s Health Initiative has saved lives, cut costs, and fostered team science. Explore the initiative's history with a new article by Fred Hutch Cancer Center, and a timeline of historical coverage cancerletter.com/in-the-archive…

One Brother’s Love: A baseball legend, his brother, and the origin of Fred Hutch Cancer Center (Fred Hutch Cancer Center) cancerhistoryproject.com/people/one-bro…

Rick and Mary Pazdur were an oncology power couple. Then Mary was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. "The silver lining is you learn a lot of existential lessons about living and dying when you’re almost too young to learn those things," she said. cancerhistoryproject.com/article/rick-a…

Paula Charuhas Macris (Fred Hutch Cancer Center), the world’s first BMT dietitian, celebrates 37 years of nourishing care cancerhistoryproject.com/people/37-year…

Lesley Tinker: “Back in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, the attitude in science was different. You were encouraged to study everything in men because it was less complicated.” cancerhistoryproject.com/article/womens…