History of Oncology

Presentation 28th May 2008

The history of Oncology
by Prof.dr. D.J. Theo Wagener

"The history of oncology is a fascinating story but also one of coincidences, illusions, a lot of mistakes and disappointments and sometimes good luck"

This quote is from the introduction of the edition The history of the oncology </ i> Professor D.J. Theo Wagener that will be presented late May by the publisher Bohn Stafleu van Loghum. Prof. Wagener, Emeritus Professor of medical oncology, describes in this edition all aspects of the problem cancer from a historical perspective.

The occasion of the letter from the edition was an invitation for a presentation on the history of the oncology. During the preparation of this it became clear that there is no book in which the history about the oncology was displayed. However there were scattered in the literature have much data available. By reading these writings Theo Wagener was to own say struck by the fascinating stories hidden behind some discoveries. For him the reason for writing this book

Wednesday 28th May 2008 in Nijmegen, The Netherlands his book was presented. See the pictures below: