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A comprehensive history of a cancer center, cancer therapies, and cancer trends throughout the second half of the twentieth century. A very compelling, thoughtful, and insightful historical examination of cancer treatment in the United States. -- Kirsten Gardner, University of Texas at San Antonio

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. R. Lee Clark, History, and the Dread Disease
2. Present at the Creation
3. Designing a Dream, 1946–1950
4. The Pink Palace, 1950–1955
5. Changing Paradigms, 1956–1963
6. M. D. Anderson and the Rise of Medical Oncology, 1964–1969
7. The Summit, 1970–1971
8. Waging War and Fading Away, 1971–1977
9. Charles A. LeMaistre and the Consolidation of Excellence, 1978–1983
10. Chasing the Devil, 1984–1988
11. Victory, Defeat, and an Elusive Enemy, 1988–1996
12. John Mendelsohn and the New Frontiers in Oncology, 1996–2000
13. New Offensives, 2001–2007
14. Tipping History?
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

James S. Olson is the Texas State University System Regents Professor of History at Sam Houston State University. He has written and edited dozens of books, including Bathsheba's Breast: Women, Cancer, and History, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Reviews

Olson illuminates the struggle to understand and treat cancer in the United States. As a cancer survivor treated at the center, Olson imbues M.D. Anderson's history with humor, passion and humanity. Oncology Nursing Forum A meticulously researched and well-written book... Making Cancer History is a good read and well worth a look. -- Helen Valier Social History of Medicine