Letter from Kenneth M. Endicott to Mary Lasker

Letter from Kenneth M. Endicott to Mary Lasker

Contributor(s):
Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers
National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
Lasker, Mary
Endicott, Kenneth M.
Publication:
Produced: 28 June 1962
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
Kenneth Endicott, the first director of the National Cancer Institute's chemotherapy research program, predicted after the rapid growth of the program in the mid-1950s that "the next step--the complete cure--is almost sure to follow." By the 1980s, scientists had found about thirty drugs for treating human cancers, especially in children. Nevertheless, a "cure" proved elusive because too little was known about the basic biology of cancer to make targeted research into therapies fruitful. New discoveries about the genetic origins of cancer during the 1970s came from basic research in cancer virology, an area that had received only modest funding compared to chemotherapy.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584665X137 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
TLBBJP
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584665X137
Archival Collection:
The Mary Lasker Papers (Profiles in Science)