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Centers of the Cancer Universe: A Half-Century of Progress Against Cancer
An important history of the development of cancer centers of excellence and the revolution in cancer treatment. In the 1960s a coalition of concerned citizens, scientists and politicians joined forces to convince the federal government to focus its efforts on conquering cancer. The National Cancer Act of 1971 resulted and was signed into law on December 23, 1971 by President Nixon. The national War on Cancer, was declared with some leaders naively arguing that the disease would be conquered by the nations bicentenniala mere five years in the future. Read more