{"id":1380,"date":"2015-02-04T18:19:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T18:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2015-02-04T18:19:20","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T18:19:20","slug":"world-cancer-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cancer Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ross<\/a><\/p>\n

Sir Ronald Ross<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

While Sir Ronald Ross is mainly known for his work on malaria, he was also interested the treatment of many other diseases. To mark World Cancer Day, which aims to promote a positive and proactive approach towards battling cancer, we have found a press cutting from our Ross collection highlighting his views on the state of cancer research in 1922. In his letter, Ross supports Lord Atholstan and Sir William Veno\u2019s offering of a munificent prize to anyone who discovers \u2018A Cure for Cancer\u2019. While many criticised this use of prize money, claiming that the funds would be better put to use through subsidising laboratories, Ross argued that it was a positive way to further research. By offering such a prize, more practitioners who were already were in frequent contact with the disease may be persuaded to join \u2018the army of attack\u2019 against cancer, and aid in \u2018attaining the final victory\u2019. Ross adds that many great medical discoveries throughout history have been made by \u2018amateurs\u2019, therefore \u2018every possible method\u2019 should be used to encourage their research in order to find a cure for cancer. Written by Rosalind Ryan-Mills, Archive Volunteer. For further information please contact the Archives Service.<\/p>\n

\"Press<\/a><\/p>\n

Press Cutting: A Cure for Cancer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While Sir Ronald Ross is mainly known for his work on malaria, he was also…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":347,"featured_media":1382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27649],"tags":[27661,21046],"class_list":["post-1380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","tag-cancer","tag-ross","odd"],"yoast_head":"\nWorld Cancer Day - Library, Archive & Open Research Services blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Cancer Day - Library, Archive & Open Research Services blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While Sir Ronald Ross is mainly known for his work on malaria, he was also...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Library, Archive & Open Research Services blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-02-04T18:19:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2015\/02\/Ross-at-desk-holding-pen11348.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"352\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Victoria Cranna\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@LSHTMlibrary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@LSHTMlibrary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Victoria Cranna\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Victoria Cranna\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/#\/schema\/person\/6b0fa01a31456c09cff8ecf361262500\"},\"headline\":\"World Cancer Day\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-02-04T18:19:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/\"},\"wordCount\":224,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2015\/02\/Ross-at-desk-holding-pen11348.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"cancer\",\"Ross\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Archives\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/\",\"name\":\"World Cancer Day - Library, Archive & Open Research Services blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2015\/02\/Ross-at-desk-holding-pen11348.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-02-04T18:19:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/#\/schema\/person\/6b0fa01a31456c09cff8ecf361262500\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2015\/02\/Ross-at-desk-holding-pen11348.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2015\/02\/Ross-at-desk-holding-pen11348.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":352,\"caption\":\"Sir Ronald Ross\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/\",\"name\":\"Library, Archive & Open Research Services blog\",\"description\":\"News & features from LAORS\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/#\/schema\/person\/6b0fa01a31456c09cff8ecf361262500\",\"name\":\"Victoria Cranna\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/author\/alibvkil\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"World Cancer Day - Library, Archive & Open Research Services blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"World Cancer Day - Library, Archive & Open Research Services blog","og_description":"While Sir Ronald Ross is mainly known for his work on malaria, he was also...","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/","og_site_name":"Library, Archive & Open Research Services blog","article_published_time":"2015-02-04T18:19:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":352,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2015\/02\/Ross-at-desk-holding-pen11348.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Victoria Cranna","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@LSHTMlibrary","twitter_site":"@LSHTMlibrary","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Victoria Cranna","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/"},"author":{"name":"Victoria Cranna","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/#\/schema\/person\/6b0fa01a31456c09cff8ecf361262500"},"headline":"World Cancer Day","datePublished":"2015-02-04T18:19:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/"},"wordCount":224,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2015\/02\/Ross-at-desk-holding-pen11348.jpg","keywords":["cancer","Ross"],"articleSection":["Archives"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/","name":"World Cancer Day - Library, Archive & Open Research Services blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2015\/02\/Ross-at-desk-holding-pen11348.jpg","datePublished":"2015-02-04T18:19:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/#\/schema\/person\/6b0fa01a31456c09cff8ecf361262500"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2015\/02\/04\/world-cancer-day-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2015\/02\/Ross-at-desk-holding-pen11348.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2015\/02\/Ross-at-desk-holding-pen11348.jpg","width":400,"height":352,"caption":"Sir Ronald Ross"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/","name":"Library, Archive & Open Research Services blog","description":"News & features from LAORS","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/#\/schema\/person\/6b0fa01a31456c09cff8ecf361262500","name":"Victoria Cranna","url":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/author\/alibvkil\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/347"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1380"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1387,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380\/revisions\/1387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}