In Memoriam-August 2014

Ruggero Bortolami (1926-2014): in memoriam.

Starting with the hypothesis of Judah Folkman that tumor growth is angiogenesis dependent, this area of research has a solid scientific foundation. More than 30 years ago, Folkman found a revolutionary new way to think about cancer. He postulated that in order to survive and grow, tumors require blood vessels and that by cutting off the blood supply a cancer could be starved into remission. Sev...

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In Memoriam: Francois Grémy (1929-2014)

permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. On July 22nd, 2014 passed away professor Francois Grémy. Professor Grémy had a dual curriculum vitae. In the domain of information sciences he completed three Master degrees in As a physician he passed the Paris resident fellows' competitive examination , the " In...

[In Memoriam. Javier Urcola Echeverria (1937-2014). ].

In Memoriam. Javier Urcola Echeverria (1937-2014).

Dimitrios Trichopoulos: in memoriam (1938-2014).

The cancer research community suffered an enormous loss with the death of Dr. Dimitrios Trichopoulos on December 1, 2014, at the age of 75. Dimitrios was the Vincent L. Gregory Professor of Cancer Prevention and Professor of Cancer Epidemiology at theHarvard School of Public Health (now theHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), and a past chair of Epidemiology at the School. He was an outs...