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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2004 96(20):1492-1493; doi:10.1093/jnci/96.20.1492
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The Gompertzian View: Norton Honored for Role in Establishing Cancer Treatment Approach

Charles Schmidt

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Larry Norton's multidimensional views of the world have come in handy for decades. As a child, he was rewarded by an art teacher for drawing objects from multiple vantage points. As a college student, he discovered a mistake in the tertiary structure of a chemical portrayed in a standard organic chemistry textbook. And as a clinical oncologist, he used mathematical models of tumor growth to create a new approach for treating breast cancer with drugs.


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  		Dr. Larry Norton

 
For this, Norton—now deputy physician-in-chief for breast cancer programs at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York—was awarded this year's David A. Karnofsky award, the highest honor given annually by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The award was sweet vindication for Norton and his efforts to advance an unpopular and poorly funded topic: the application of mathematical concepts to cancer biology.

Most scientists in this area have gone "underground," Norton . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Gompertzian View

I Don't Work Weekends

Tumors and Fractal Geometry

Multidisciplinary Ventures


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