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A Legacy of Life and Hope: Dr. Roswell Park

By Douglas W. DeCroix - October 15, 2010

There are some who feel that Dr. Roswell Park was the one man who could have saved President McKinley’s life in 1901. But the more important legacy was his vision for a multi-disciplinary approach to cancer.

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