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Oncolog, Volume 56, Number 06, June 2011, John H. Mccool, Sunni Hoseman Jun 2011

Oncolog, Volume 56, Number 06, June 2011, John H. Mccool, Sunni Hoseman

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

  • MD Anderson Celebrates 70th Anniversary: Its first clinical facility was a converted Army barracks, its first headquarters was renovated residential estate near downtown Houston, and its first cancer research was conducted by four scientists in a former horse stable
  • Compass: Stage II or III Soft Tissue Sarcoma-Chemotherapy and radiation therapy before or after surgery benefit patients

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Oncolog, Volume 45, Number 02, February 2000, Kerry L. Wright, Mariann Crapanzano Feb 2000

Oncolog, Volume 45, Number 02, February 2000, Kerry L. Wright, Mariann Crapanzano

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

  • National Cooperation Leads to New Standard of Treatment for Cervical Cancer
  • House Call: Stress and Cancer: What's the Connection?
  • Researchers Study Hormone Intervention Therapy to Prevent Treatment-Induced Sterility
  • Protocols: Cervical Cancer Clinical Trials
  • Regular Pap Smears Still Key to Preventing Cervical Cancer

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Oncolog, Volume 36, Issue 02, April-June 1991, Gilbert H. Fletcher M.D., James M. Bowen Jan 1991

Oncolog, Volume 36, Issue 02, April-June 1991, Gilbert H. Fletcher M.D., James M. Bowen

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

  • Redefining the risks of chemotherapy during pregnancy Renewing the assault on pancreatic cancer
  • Significance of cancer volume in radiotherapy

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Oncolog, Volume 28, Number 01, January-March 1983, The University Of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center, James M. Bowen Jan 1983

Oncolog, Volume 28, Number 01, January-March 1983, The University Of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center, James M. Bowen

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)

  • Newsletter Becomes OncoLog
  • Prolactinoma, a Prevalent Gonadoinhibitory Tumor, Responds Well to Treatment
  • Laboratory Research Continues to Advance Methods of Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy
  • Radiotherapy Plays Vital Role in Treatment or Patients with Malignant Parolld Tumors

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Newsletter, Volume 11, Number 02, August 1966 Aug 1966

Newsletter, Volume 11, Number 02, August 1966

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Physicists in Medicine
  • LBJ Names Copeland
  • 20th Symposium on Fundamental Cancer Research
  • Sixteenth Berner Award
  • Associate Internist is Vice-President
  • New Staff
  • Domiciliary Care Unit Aids Leukemia Research and Therapy
  • Developmental Therapeutics
  • Pavilion Houses MDAH Research
  • Virologist Is Lecturer
  • Germ-Free Environment
  • 11th Clinical Conference
  • Fallout and Pediatrics
  • Cell Nucleus to Be Studied
  • ACS Fellowships
  • Staff Members Tour for GSBS
  • Computer Science Symposium
  • Grants Support Research
  • Textbook Translated
  • Foreign Speakers
  • Consultant Named
  • Writer Speaks
  • Associate Director is Lecturer
  • Two Books Off the Press
  • R.T. Receives Trophy
  • Book Review
  • Resident Wins James Ewing Award
  • Staff Publications

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Newsletter, Volume 11, Number 01, March 1966 Mar 1966

Newsletter, Volume 11, Number 01, March 1966

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Geiger Counter Diagnostic Aid
  • Twentieth Annual Symposium on “Carcinogenesis: A Broad Critique”
  • Mead Johnson Award
  • Book Review
  • Grants for Research And Education
  • U.S. Public Health Service Awards
  • Other Awards
  • Director on New NCI Committee
  • Tenth Annual Clinical Conference
  • Murine Leukemia Conference
  • Science Review of The Nineteenth annual Symposium
  • Society Member
  • Chemotherapy for African Lymphosarcoma
  • New Staff
  • Staff Publications
  • Internist Speaks in Argentina
  • Exhibit Wins Honorable Mention Awards

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Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 03, December 1965 Dec 1965

Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 03, December 1965

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Director Heads Local UT Committees
  • Associated Director Named
  • Associate Director Chairs New Cancer Commission
  • Visiting Professorship
  • Jesse H. Jones Fellow
  • Human Leukemia-Lymphoma virus Study Section
  • New Staff
  • 1965 Summer Program
  • Health research Facilities Funds
  • Assistant to Director Named
  • Grants for Research
  • Social Work Institute
  • Staff Publications

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Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 02, September 1965 Sep 1965

Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 02, September 1965

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Department of Virology Established
  • New Associate Director for Clinical Research Named
  • H.C. Wiess Chair for Cancer Research
  • Common Research Computer Facility
  • ACS Scientific Session
  • New Staff
  • MDAH Staff Members Receive James Ewing Awards
  • Staff Members Speak Abroad
  • 1965 Symposium on Fundamental Cancer Research
  • Film Dedicated
  • Grants
  • Staff Publications
  • Report ’64 MDAH Film for General Distribution
  • Staff Members Are Society Officers
  • Pharmacist is Chairman

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Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 01, January 1965 Jan 1965

Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 01, January 1965

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Fifth National Cancer Conference
  • Expansion Contract Awarded
  • Pathologist is National Officer
  • University of Texas Board of Regents Meets At MDAH
  • New Staff
  • Associate Director Is American Cancer Society President
  • 1965 Symposium on Fundamental Cancer Research
  • Virologist On Leukemia Board
  • Grants Support MDAH Research
  • Board of Visitors Gains New Member
  • Director Receives National Awards
  • MDAH Closed-Circuit Television
  • Associate Biologist Receives Award
  • Dean Appointed Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Natrona County, Wyoming Award Presented
  • Staff Publications

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Newsletter, Volume 09, Number 04, October 1964 Oct 1964

Newsletter, Volume 09, Number 04, October 1964

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Research in Experimental surgery
  • Ninth Clinical Conference – November 6 and 7, 1964
  • Virologist Named Diplomate
  • Students Participate in Summer Programs at M.D. Anderson Hospital
  • Fort Worther Appointed to Board of Visitors
  • New Staff
  • Husband and Wife Volunteer
  • Report on Cancer of the Female Genital Tract
  • Medical Communications Authority Invited to British Conference
  • MDAH Researchers Receive Grants
  • Director and Surgeon-in-Chief receives Award
  • Department of Biomathematics
  • 1963-1964 Year Book of Cancer Published
  • Staff Publications

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Newsletter, Volume 09, Number 02, May 1964 May 1964

Newsletter, Volume 09, Number 02, May 1964

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Funds Support Expansion Program
  • MDAH and The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston
  • Noble Winner speaks
  • New Electron Microscopes
  • Visitors at MDAH
  • Tumors of the Skin
  • Grant Support MDAH Research and Education
  • Eighteenth Annual Symposium
  • Staff Publications
  • MDAH Doctors on Television

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Newsletter, Volume 09, Number 01, February 1964 Feb 1964

Newsletter, Volume 09, Number 01, February 1964

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • 18th Annual Symposium Topic “Cellular Radiation Biology”
  • A Child and A Clown
  • Virologist Isolates Viruslike Particles In Human Blood Plasma
  • MDAH Honors Its Volunteers
  • One-Man Symposium
  • Grants Support MDAH Research and Education
  • Diagnostic Us
  • Further Applications
  • Foreign Cancer Authorities Visit MDAH
  • New Book Off the Press
  • 8th Annual Clinical Conference
  • New Staff
  • Computers and Investigators Team to Stimulate Research
  • Staff Publications

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Newsletter, Volume 08, Number 03, October 1963 Oct 1963

Newsletter, Volume 08, Number 03, October 1963

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Eighth Annual Clinical conference November 8 and 9
  • Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
  • Boon to research in Clinical Pathology
  • 50,000th Patient at MDAH
  • Natrona County, Wyoming Fellowship in Cancer Research
  • 1963 Summer Program in the Biomedical Sciences
  • Film of American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress Available
  • Blackford Memorial Lectures
  • Grants Support MDAH Research and Education
  • Staff Member Receives National Appointments
  • Two Books off the Press
  • New Staff
  • Scientific Presentations
  • Texas Division American Cancer Society Awards Fellowships
  • Staff Publications
  • The Circus Comes to MDAH!
  • 1964 Symposium Chairman

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Newsletter, Volume 08, Number 02, July 1963 Jul 1963

Newsletter, Volume 08, Number 02, July 1963

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Order of Merit
  • Betatron at MDAH
  • Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston to be Established
  • Seventeenth Annual Symposium
  • MDAH Investigators receive research Awards
  • Fellowship Winners
  • Grants Aid Research and Education
  • Scientific Presentations
  • Staff Publications

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Newsletter, Volume 08, Number 01, April 1963 Apr 1963

Newsletter, Volume 08, Number 01, April 1963

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • New Board of Visitors Meets at MDAH
  • Grants Aid Research and Education at MADH
  • Biomathematics Study
  • Book Review
  • Expansion Plans
  • Cancer Crusade Chairman Visits MDAH
  • National and State Appointments
  • Scientific Presentations
  • First MDAH “Shoptalk”
  • Staff Publications

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Newsletter, Volume 07, Number 02, September 1962 Sep 1962

Newsletter, Volume 07, Number 02, September 1962

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • International Cancer Congress Held in Moscow
  • Treatment Results Analysis
  • Patient care in Advanced Cancer
  • Autotransplanted Adenocarcinoma X-Ray Response
  • Combined Drug and Radiation therapy Evaluated
  • Polyoma-Infected Cells Studied
  • Pelvic Tumor Management with 22 Mev Betatron
  • Hamster Tumors Induced by Human Adenovirus
  • Nucleic Acid Effect on Tumor Cells
  • Antifibrin Antibody Localization
  • Enzymatic Changes in Rat Livers
  • Tissue Changes After Perfusion
  • Staging and End Results Reporting

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Newsletter, Volume 07, Number 01, June 1962 Jun 1962

Newsletter, Volume 07, Number 01, June 1962

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Mammography Project Results Discussed
  • Sixteenth Annual Symposium Held
  • Seventh Annual Clinical Conference
  • Grants Support MDAH Research, Education
  • Canadian Gynecologists Visit MDAH
  • New Laboratory Established
  • New Staff
  • Scientific Presentations
  • Fletcher President of Radium Society
  • Cancer Care Institute Held
  • Staff Publications
  • Book Review
  • New Volume

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Newsletter, Volume 06, Number 03, December 1961 Dec 1961

Newsletter, Volume 06, Number 03, December 1961

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Melanoma Studied
  • Radiologists Complete Training
  • 1962 Symposium Announced
  • Grants Aid Research and Education
  • Cancer Council Appointment – First from Southwest
  • Sixth Annual Clinical Conference
  • Radiation Protection Lecture Available
  • Fifth Year Book of Cancer
  • Scientific Presentations
  • Staff Publications

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Newsletter, Volume 06, Number 02, August 1961 Jul 1961

Newsletter, Volume 06, Number 02, August 1961

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Hero’s Return
  • Study of Mammography Aided – Egan in Charge
  • Sixth Annual Clinical Conference – October 20 and 21
  • Clark on N.I.H. Panel
  • Fletcher Named President-Elect
  • Chemotherapy Book for Physician
  • Students Complete Studies in Science
  • Grants – Expansion Supported
  • Jones fellows Named
  • Distinguished Visitors at Staff Meetings and Seminars
  • Staff Activities
  • New Staff
  • Staff Publications
  • Nursing Institute
  • Social Service Holds Second Institute
  • Cancer Clinical Research Supported – N.I.H. Grant Underwrites Program MDAH One of Few Designated

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Newsletter, Volume 06, Number 01, May 1961 May 1961

Newsletter, Volume 06, Number 01, May 1961

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Research Expansion Bill Passed
  • ACS Leaders Meet
  • 1960 Research Report
  • Non-Suture Method Repairs Major Veins
  • Guest Speakers at MDAH
  • Grants Announced
  • Computer Checks Radiation Dosage
  • Fifteenth Annual Symposium Held
  • Bertner Award Presented
  • Staff Appointments
  • Honor Volunteers
  • 1960 Monograph
  • Cancer Institute Directors Meet
  • Staff Activities
  • Cancer Care Institute Held
  • Staff Publications

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Newsletter, Volume 05, Number 04, December 1960 Dec 1960

Newsletter, Volume 05, Number 04, December 1960

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Lifetime Award
  • Symposium Speakers Announced
  • Conferees Meet
  • Childhood Cancer Symposium Topic
  • Grants for Leukemia Research
  • Staff Activities
  • Lectures in South America
  • Staff Appointments
  • Staff Publications

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Newsletter, Volume 05, Number 03, October 1960 Oct 1960

Newsletter, Volume 05, Number 03, October 1960

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • New Technique 98% Accurate in Breast Cancer Detection
  • Clinical Symposium
  • Clinical Conference Plans Scheduled
  • New Direct Reading silicon Photovoltaic Detector
  • Clinic Visits and Hospital Admissions During Year
  • New Method for Lung Cancer Detection
  • Grants Announced
  • Retiring Employees Honored
  • Fifteenth Annual Symposium
  • Guest Speakers at MDAH
  • Staff Activities
  • Training Completed
  • Presidential Address to Alumni
  • Staff Publications

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Newsletter, Volume 05, Number 02, September 1960 Sep 1960

Newsletter, Volume 05, Number 02, September 1960

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Fifth Annual Clinical Conference, October 21 and 22
  • Research Expansion
  • Foreign Vistors
  • Assistant Director Appointed
  • Fourth Year Book of Cancer
  • Staff Appointments
  • Sixteen High School Science Students Began Training June 15 at MDAH
  • Radiation Protection Lecture
  • Pediatric Oncology
  • Staff Activities
  • Staff Publications
  • Grants Announced

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Newsletter, Volume 05, Number 01, May 1960 May 1960

Newsletter, Volume 05, Number 01, May 1960

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Fourteenth Annual Symposium
  • Conference Scheduled
  • Toxohormone Purified
  • Consultant Honored
  • Staff Appointment
  • High School Students to Receive Summer Training at MDAH
  • Clinic Visits
  • Du Vigneaud Speaks
  • Staff Publications
  • Research Grants Awarded
  • Staff Activities

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Newsletters, Volume 04, Number 01, May 1959 May 1959

Newsletters, Volume 04, Number 01, May 1959

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Shope Given Bertner Award
  • Appointment Announced
  • Genetics and Cancer 13th Annual Symposium
  • Monographs Published
  • Symposium Review
  • Staff Activities
  • Research Confirmed
  • Staff Appointments
  • New Oxygen Gauge
  • Frozen Sections
  • New Library Hours

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Newsletter, Volume 02, Number 01, March 1957 Mar 1957

Newsletter, Volume 02, Number 01, March 1957

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas

  • Bertner Award
  • Simplified Technique Use for Control of Pain
  • Medical Social Service Performs Four-Part Job
  • Two Fellowships Announced
  • Physicians Invited to Open House and Symposium
  • Radiotherapist to Give Lectures in England
  • Hannah Award Given MDAH Resident
  • The University Cancer Foundation Established by Board of Regents
  • Legislative Action Approves Research Expansion
  • Geographic Volunteer File Started

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