Chapter 24: Significant Research Initiatives
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In this chapter, Dr. Burke talks about the significant research he conducted prior to devoting most of his time to administration. He was involved in early projects defining the respective roles of radiation and chemotherapy. He talks about the challenges of large-scale clinical trials, particularly with rare cancers. He sketches his work defining the surgical staging for uterine cancer in the eighties and nineties and his work training individuals in robotic and laproscopic techniques.
Dr. Burke next explains why vulvar cancers were “a great niche” for him to take on in the sixties and seventies and describes an additional study.
At the end of this chapter –and the interview—Dr. Burke talks about how satisfied he has been to work at an institution that enabled him to reinvent himself. He is content to know that he has trained many people and put together many teams that have launched all kinds of services.
Identifier
BurkeTW_03_20140429_C24
Publication Date
4-29-2014
City
Houston, Texas
Interview Session
Topics Covered
The Interview Subject's Story - The Researcher; The Researcher; Discovery, Creativity and Innovation; On Research and Researchers; Understanding Cancer, the History of Science, Cancer Research; Career and Accomplishments
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 24: Significant Research Initiatives" (2014). Interview Chapters. 940.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/940
Conditions Governing Access
Open
