James D. Cox, MD, Oral History Interview, January 3, 2013
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal and educational background
- MD Anderson research culture
- Clinical trials: controversy over, ethical issues;
- The Radiation Oncology Group
- Radiation oncology at MD Anderson; the Division of Radiation Oncology
Interview Chapters
Chapter 01: Early Memories and a Visual Mind
Chapter 03: An Education Leading to Clinical Study
Chapter 04: Challenges of Clinical Trials: Informed Consent
Chapter 05: The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
Identifier
CoxJD_01_20130103
Publication Date
1-3-2013
Publisher
The Historical Resources Center, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas Cancer Center
City
Houston, Texas
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Topics Covered
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas System. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Cox, James D. MD and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "James D. Cox, MD, Oral History Interview, January 3, 2013" (2013). Interview Sessions. 124.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/124
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About the Interview
About the Interview Subject:
Radiation oncologist, James A. Cox (b. 16 July 1938, West Virginia) came to MD Anderson in 1988 to serve as Vice President of Patient Care and Physician-in-Chief (’88-’92). He is a Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Cox has been instrumental in advancing the design of clinical trials and in establishing many trials to demonstrate the effectiveness of radiation therapy in combination with chemotherapy and surgery. Through work conducted both at MD Anderson and with the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG), his research has focused on many types of cancer, including lung cancer, lymphomas, esophageal and prostate cancer. Since 1998, Dr. Cox has been active in developing proton therapy at MD Anderson and opening the Proton Therapy Center in 2006. He has since worked on trials to compare proton therapy with conventional radiation treatments. He is also demonstrating the effectiveness of this therapy in reducing patients’ side effects, tumor size, and survival. Dr. Cox served as Head of the Division of Radiation Oncology from 1995 to 2010.