History of the Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center

Marvin J. Stone, MD

with contributions from Billie E. Aronoff, MD, W. Phil Evans, MD, Joseph W. Fay, MD, Z. H. Lieberman, MD, Carolyn M. Matthews, MD, George J. Race, MD, PhD, R. Pickett Scruggs, MD, and C. Allen Stringer, Jr., MD

From the Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas, Texas.

Corresponding author: Marvin J. Stone, MD, Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, 3500 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75246.

Headings:

A short history of cancer
Early history and scientific beginnings
Carcinogens
Tumor biology
Therapy: surgery and radiation
Chemotherapy
Immunotherapy
Psychosocial aspects
Financial support of cancer research

Formation of the cancer center
Site-tumor committees
Medical and executive committees
Division of Radiation Oncology
Division of Medical Oncology-Hematology
Division of Surgical Oncology
Division of Oncologic Pathology
Division of Gynecologic Oncology
Programs (breast cancer, marrow and blood stem cell transplantation, Virginia R. Cvetko Education and Conference Center)
Research (US Oncology, cancer immunology, collaborative research)
Educational activities
Publications
Future directions