James D. Cox, MD, Oral History Interview, April 12, 2013

James D. Cox, MD, Oral History Interview, April 12, 2013

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Description

Major Topics Covered:

  • MD Anderson research culture
  • Clinical trials: controversy over, ethical issues;
  • The Radiation Oncology Group
  • Radiation oncology at MD Anderson; the Division of Radiation Oncology
  • Research: cancers, body areas, design of clinical trials; effectiveness of proton therapy
  • The Proton Therapy Center: history of
  • Regional care centers; sister institutions

Identifier

CoxJD_02_20130412

Publication Date

4-12-2013

Publisher

The Historical Resources Center, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas Cancer Center

City

Houston, Texas

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 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

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.

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