Vincent DeVita
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Dr. DeVita is the Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale School of Medicine.
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http://www.thedeathofcancer.com 24-06-2009 02:00:30
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50 years ago, the National Cancer Act was signed. Vincent DeVita is shown reminiscing important moments in his presidency with President Nixon, including the Act. Today, Dr. DeVita comments on its importance, and the promise it holds for future research.#NothingWillStopUs National Cancer Institute
Yale Cancer Center Richard Nixon Foundation Vincent DeVita National Cancer Institute Smilow Cancer Hospital Yale School of Medicine “Everything we have today can be traced back to a bold initiative to save lives- by President Nixon. We owe him eternal thanks. I just hope we don’t forget what he did.” Vincent DeVita 2005
The New Majority Yale Cancer Center Richard Nixon Foundation Vincent DeVita National Cancer Institute Smilow Cancer Hospital Yale School of Medicine By all means read his wonderful book, The Death of Cancer. It’s actually a rollicking, not just an educational, read.
It was my honor to collaborate with Dr. Saul Rosenberg on this 50-Year perspective of Hodgkin lymphoma therapy Journal of Clinical Oncology He was an absolute giant in our field and leaves behind an important and durable legacy. ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…
If we are going to make dramatic rather than slow incremental progress against cancer, we have to be willing to take some risks. The current regulatory process needs major reform. For those interested in cures for cancer, check out Vincent DeVita book, The death of cancer.
Vincent Rajkumar Vincent DeVita x.com/Rfonsi1/status…
Vincent DeVita Indeed. It is my first love in Oncology. I was planning to have all the editions right from one in my office. I have all the books from the 9th edition onwards .
Vincent DeVita Great idea dividing it into sections! The Bible of Oncology!
Finished reading the Death of Cancer from the brilliant Vincent DeVita . I think the most important takeaway of the book is that we often get distracted by academic achievements/politics/regulations and we need to reorient our compass to the only thing that matters: the patients
3/ Cure of Hodgkin’s lymphoma with combination chemotherapy by Vincent DeVita and colleagues. National Cancer Institute A landmark event. A magnificent story. If you want to know more, get this book.
6/ Cure of diffuse large cell lymphoma with combination chemotherapy. 1975. Vincent DeVita and colleagues. National Cancer Institute This figure below, and the claim of cure made in the article, a classic, stood the test of time. The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…
Konstantinos Lontos Vincent DeVita As a survivor of Hodgkin lymphoma for over 50 years, I am indebted to Dr. DeVita and his colleagues for giving me the chance to live a long life. It's not a miracle that I beat the odds- it's entirely due to heroes like Dr. DeVita.
We had a wonderful fellows research day yesterday Yale Cancer Center Smilow Cancer Hospital Yale Hematology Oncology Fellows So wonderful to see such great basic, translational and clinical projects! Special visits from Dr. Vince DeVita Vincent DeVita and a lecture from Yale's own Dr. Pat Lorusso AACR Yale University
.Yale Cancer Center was proud to host Dr. Steven Rosenberg @NCI_CCR_SB as this year’s Paul Calabresi, MD #GrandRounds lecturer. Watch his talk, “Lymphocytes as a 'Living Drug' for the Treatment of Cancer” at youtube.com/watch?v=57RibZ…. Smilow Cancer Hospital Yale School of Medicine Yale New Haven Hosp
Hodgkin’s lymphoma was one of the earliest cancers to be treated with radiatiotherapy after the discovery of roentgen rays in 1895. In the 1960s, Hodgkin’s became the first “metastatic” cancer to be cured by combination chemotherapy developed by Vincent DeVita at the NIH
