Chapter 10: Research on Gynecologic Cancers; the Impact of Research on How a SPORE is Administered
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Dr. Burke sketches his study of endometrial cancer that involved a decade-long project of looking at techniques to reduce the radical surgery needed. His model has radically changed the management of the disease. Dr. Burke describes a uterine SPORE he worked on with Dr. George Stancel [oral history interview] and two junior faculty members, resulting in many new discoveries and new investigators attracted to the field.
He also explains an important outgrowth of this project: inclusion of patient advocates on the research team.
Identifier
BurkeTW_01_20140311_C10
Publication Date
3-11-2014
Publisher
The Making Cancer History® Voices Oral History Collection, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
City
Houston, Texas
Interview Session
Topic Covered
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - The Researcher; The Researcher; Overview; Definitions, Explanations, Translations; Discovery and Success; Offering Care, Compassion, Help; Patients; Cancer and Disease; This is MD Anderson; Patients, Treatment, Survivors; Funny Stories
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Burke, Thomas W. MD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Chapter 10: Research on Gynecologic Cancers; the Impact of Research on How a SPORE is Administered" (2014). Interview Chapters. 926.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/926
Conditions Governing Access
Open
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