Making Cancer History® Voices Oral History Collection: Advancing Oncology Research

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A New Idea and A Controversy: Transfusing Platelets in Leukemia Patients
Chapter 01 / The Researcher

Building the Continuous-Flow Blood Separator
Chapter 02 / The Researcher

Perfecting the Blood Separator in the Department of Developmental Therapeutics; Shifting MD Anderson Culture to Innovative Research
Chapter 03 / The Researcher

MD Anderson Changes Under Charles LeMaistre: Expansions in Leukemia Research
Chapter 04 / Institutional Change

New Chemotherapy Treatments for Breast Cancer and Cultural Challenges to Research Innovation
Chapter 05 / The Researcher

A Commitment to Training and Education:  A Failed Battle for an MD Anderson Medical School
Chapter 06 / Professional Path

Building the “Best Graduate Medical Education Program in the Country”
Chapter 07 / Building the Institution

A History of Institutional Grand Rounds, The Core Curriculum, and the Physician’s Assistant Training Program
Chapter 08 / Building the Institution

Creating Patient-Oriented Research in a Complex Scientific and Institutional Context
Chapter 09 / Building the Institution

Advocating for Patient-Oriented Research and Patients
Chapter 10 / Professional Service Beyond MD Anderson

A Critical Need to Fund Patient-Oriented Research
Chapter 11 / Overview

The FDA as a Barrier to Research Innovation
Chapter 12 / Overview

Leukemia as a Key to Understanding Cancer
Chapter 13 / Overview

The Partnership Between Basic Science and Clinical Research
Chapter 14 / Overview

A Legacy of Strong Faculty and Advances in Blood Cancers; Awards; Cancer as a Disease and MD Anderson Presidents
Chapter 15 / View on Career and Accomplishments

A Life of Work with the Support of a Strong Wife and Family
Chapter 16 / Personal Background

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A Family Escapes to Colombia
Chapter 01 / Personal Background

Becoming a Doctor
Chapter 02 / Educational Path

A Small Town Offers Good Training
Chapter 03 / Professional Path

Choosing to Focus on Cancer
Chapter 04 / Joining MD Anderson/Coming to Texas

Inspired by Dr. J Freireich
Chapter 05 / Joining MD Anderson/Coming to Texas

Developmental Therapeutics in 1974
Chapter 06 / An Institutional Unit

Building Knowledge of Breast Cancer in the Division of Medicine
Chapter 07 / An Institutional Unit

Discovering the FAC Regimen for Metastatic Breast Cancer
Chapter 08 / The Researcher

Treatment for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
Chapter 09 / The Researcher

A Great Step for MD Anderson: Building Multidisciplinary Teams
Chapter 10 / Building the Institution

Adapting LABC Treatment for Stages 2 and 3 Breast Cancers
Chapter 11 / The Researcher

From Adriamycin to Molecularly Designed Drugs
Chapter 12 / The Researcher

The Breast Cancer Research Group –Bringing Together Clinicians and Basic Scientists
Chapter 13 / The Administrator

An Initial Translational Research Project: A Drug to Attack HER2-positive Breast Cancer
Chapter 14 / The Administrator

The Next Phase of Gene Therapy Research and Funding from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Chapter 15 /  The Researcher

Studies of Pro-Apoptotic Molecules: Translational Research and Thinking Outside the Box
Chapter 16 / The Researcher

Thinking Outside the Box to Stage the World Summit Against Cancer for a New Millennium
Chapter 17 / Professional Service beyond MD Anderson

Therapy to Block Angiogenesis
Chapter 18 / The Researcher

A New View of Breast Cancer and Research on HER2 Positive Breast Cancer
Chapter 19 / The Researcher

Breast Cancer Service at MD Anderson in the Late Seventies
Chapter 20 / The Administrator

The Breast Cancer Service: From Section to Department
Chapter 21 / Building the Institution

Creating a Patient-Centered Breast Service
Chapter 22 / MD Anderson Past

Regulations on Clinical Trials and New Research Projects in Breast Medical Oncology
Chapter 23 / The Administrator

Mentoring, Career Support, and Education in Breast Medical Oncology
Chapter 24 / The Administrator

Education in Breast Medical Oncology
Chapter 25 / The Administrator

A Brief History of Breast Medical Oncology
Chapter 26 / An Institutional Unit

An Overview of Research Issues
Chapter 27 / The Researcher

Physician Extenders and a View of the Coming Physician Shortage
Chapter 28 / Overview

The Evolution of Breast Medical Oncology and the Breast Center
Chapter 29 / An Institutional Unit

Stepping Down as Chair of Breast Medical Oncology
Chapter 30 / The Administrator

Contributions to International Policy Issues
Chapter 31 / Professional Service beyond MD Anderson

The MD Anderson Presidents
Chapter 32 / Key MD Anderson Figures

Fostering Collaboration and Collegiality
Chapter 33 / View on Career and Accomplishments

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Photo-Immunology: Creating a New Field out of an Observation
Chapter 01 / The Researcher

Administrative and Leadership Experience
Chapter 02 / Professional Path

Coming to MD Anderson: First Woman Chair; Setting Up a Laboratory, Leading a Department; Clinical Applications of Research
Chapter 03 / View on Career and Accomplishments

Research Advances and the Excitement of Scientific Discovery
Chapter 04 / The Researcher

Moving into Administration: a Path from Department Chair to Executive Vice President  for Academic Affairs
Chapter 05 / The Administrator

Roles in Building Research and Advocating for Faculty
Chapter 06 / Building the Institution

MD Anderson Presidents
Chapter 07 / Key MD Anderson Figures

Evaluating the Status of Women and Creating Programs for Women Faculty
Chapter 08 / Diversity Issues

The President’s Cancer Panel and Post Retirement Activities
Chapter 09 / Professional Service beyond MD Anderson

MD Anderson Growth; Key Awards; Views on Women in the Workplace; A Life in Magnolia, Texas
Chapter 10 / View on Career and Accomplishments

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Genetics and Cancer in the Sixties and Seventies
Chapter 01 / Overview

A Lucky Introduction to MD Anderson and Alfred Knudson
​​​Chapter 02 / Educational Path
An Unusual Route to Medical School
Chapter 03 / Educational Path

A Post-Doctoral Project on Childhood Cancer; Working with Alfred Knudson
​Chapter 04 / The Researcher

Discovering Contiguous Genes that Control Aniridia and Wilm’s Tumor
Chapter 05 / The Researcher 

The Discovery of the p53 Tumor Suppressor Gene
Chapter 06 / The Researcher

The Next Phase of the p53 Tumor Suppressor Gene Story
Chapter 07 / The Researcher

Creating a Cancer Screening Program
Chapter 08 / Building the Institution 

An Ongoing Survivorship Study and Related Research
Chapter 09 / The Researcher

Establishing a Clinical Cancer Genetics Program
Chapter 10  / The Administrator

A Philosophy of Genetic Information and Its Integration into MD Anderson
Chapter 11 / Overview

The First Woman Faculty Member with an Endowed Chair
Chapter 12 / Diversity Issues

Growth and MD Anderson Presidents
Chapter 13 / Institutional Change