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Marc Straus began his career in cancer research
at The
National Cancer Institute in Drug Research and
Development, where his work focused on the scientific
rational basis to more effectively design drug treatments.
His early publications in Cancer Research
and elsewhere were among the first studies to demonstrate
how various dose schedule combinations lead to increased
destruction of cancer cells.
Again at the National Cancer Institute as head of
the Cell Kinetic Laboratory, Dr. Straus did seminal
work in understanding how human cancers grow.
As Chief of Oncology at Boston University Medical
Center, his first major research grant was funded
by The National Cancer Institute and led to a series
of clinical and laboratory studies which helped
to modernize the clinical understanding of human
breast and lung cancers and the rational approaches
to improve treatment outcome. Dr. Straus' studies
uniquely measured growth rates of various human
cancers and methods to predict prognosis.
Dr. Straus designed several chemotherapy treatments,
especially in lung and breast cancers which became
the basis for new improved approaches to treatment.
He chaired a number of national and international
lung trials and edited three textbooks on lung cancer.
Dr. Straus has authored nearly 100 scientific papers
and received significant grant support for his work
from NIH and the American
Cancer Society and elsewhere. He is the recipient
of several awards for his work including the prestigious
Young Leader's Award in Boston, given annually to
an individual under the age of thirty five and previously
awarded to John F. Kennedy and Leonard Bernstein.
Marc Straus is available for poetry readings and
interviews. Contact Marc at marcstraus@hotmail.com. |
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