Abstract
This essay discusses three common issues arising from the special collection "100 Years of Cancer and Viruses." The first is the tension between small-scale and big-scale approaches to cancer research; the second is the difference between how physicians and biologists regarded cancer, and how they assessed the value of investigating viruses as a causative agent; and the third is how the pace and temporality ofscience have varied over the century of research on cancer viruses. An unpublished piece written by C.H. Andrewes in 1935, "A Christmas Fairy-Story for Oncologists," provides the touchstone for the commentary.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 260-262 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | PB |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2014 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- History
- History and Philosophy of Science
Keywords
- Big science
- C. H. Andrewes
- Cancer
- Peyton Rous
- Vaccine
- Virus