In 1974, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) chose the Pacific Health Research Institute (PHRI) to undertake the ‘Breast…
In 1974, the Northwestern University Cancer Center was founded. Now known as the Lurie Cancer Center, it is…
In 1974, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Cancer Research (CCR) received National Cancer Institute (NCI)…
In 1974, the Michigan Cancer Foundation and Wayne State University formed a Joint Committee for Cancer Studies and…
In 1973, the Society for Surgical Oncology and Oncology Nursing Society were founded after the first National Cancer…
In 1973, the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, now the University of Southern California Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Center…
In 1973, the Norris Cancer Center was designated a National Cancer Institute (NCI) Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of…
In 1973, Karmanos Cancer Institute researcher Herbert Soule, Ph.D. developed the MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line, which…
In 1973, the Michigan Cancer Foundation’s cancer registry was invited to join the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Surveillance,…
In 1973, the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center received National Cancer Center designation from the National Cancer…
In 1973, the Comprehensive Cancer Center for the State of Florida was founded. The Center, now the Sylvester…
In 1972, by action of the Nebraska Legislature, the Eppley Cancer Center became an independent research institute with…
In 1972, The Wistar Institute was designated the first National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Center in basic research…
On Dec. 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon converted the Army’s former biological warfare facilities at Ft. Detrick,…
On Dec. 23, 1971, the National Cancer Act enacted by President Richard Nixon as part of the nation’s…
On Jun. 30, 1970, the Olin Corporation stopped manufacturing DDT after intense pressure from the Army and environmental…
In 1970, Cisplatin, a platinum-containing anticancer compound with unique biologic effects, entered clinical trials. On Dec. 19, 1978,…
In 1970, University of Oklahoma’s first Health Sciences building was constructed in Oklahoma City. Today, this public university…
In 1969, the Michigan Cancer Foundation’s cancer registry began recording every incidence of cancer in southeastern Michigan. It…
In 1965, The Hutch Award’s was created in honor of the late Fred Hutchinson, the courageous and inspirational…
On Nov. 12, 1964, Fred Hutchinson, a standout pitcher at Seattle’s Franklin High School and ten year pitching…
On Jan. 11, 1964 U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry released the first government report that concluded smoking may…
In 1964, a new herpesvirus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), was discovered in cultured tumor cells derived from a Burkitt…
In 1963, The Health Insurance Plan (HIP) of Greater New York Study began. HIP was the first randomized…
in 1962, Iowa Methodist Medical Center established Iowa’s first hospital-based radiation oncology department and remains a leader in…
In 1962, the Royal College of Physicians issued a report on smoking and health.
On Mar. 2, 1961, President Kennedy swore in Luther Leonidas Terry as U.S. Surgeon General. The landmark Surgeon…
On Jan. 12, 1961, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) established the Laboratory of Viral Oncology, a new intramural…
In 1960, The Eppley Cancer Center, now a National Cancer Institute Laboratory Cancer Research Center, began in the…
In 1953, Yale established the first pharmacology department in the U.S. to focus on cancer chemotherapy and cancer…