University of Texas System Cancer Center

Type: General Entry

Published: 1976

Updated: November 1, 1995

The University of Texas System Cancer Center was established in October 1972 to coordinate university-wide programs in cancer studies. In the 1990s the center included the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and the University of Texas Environmental Science Park in Smithville. The president of the UT System Cancer in 1994 was Charles A. LeMaistre.

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Education
Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals
Health and Medicine

The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Anonymous, “University of Texas System Cancer Center,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed May 27, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/university-of-texas-system-cancer-center.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Original Publication Date:: 1976
Most Recent Revision Date:: November 1, 1995

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