Strang Cancer Prevention Center is the oldest cancer prevention institute in continuous operation in the United States.

Strang’s history began in 1933 as the Kate Depew Strang Clinic of The New York Infirmary for Women and Children on East 15th Street, and the Strang name is associated with two of the most important tests for early cancer detection—the Pap test for cervical cancer, and sigmoidoscopy for the prevention of colon cancer.

As part of its work as a non-profit diagnostic and research center, Strang has developed medical and research programs designed to prevent cancer and to detect, diagnose, and cure it in its early stages. Countless lives have been saved throughout the world by these contributions to public health.

 

Strang Executive Officers
Michael P. Osborne M.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
Robert T. Johnson, CPA
Chief Financial Officer

 

 


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1933-2003: 70 Years of Excellence
1933 Kate Depew Strang Clinic founded at the New York Infirmary, and is the first clinic for the early detection of cancer.
1937 First cancer prevention program established by Dr. Elise Strang L’Esperance at Kate Depew Strang Clinic.
1940 First medical facility to introduce Dr. George Papanicolaou’s Pap test.
1950 First in U.S. to use sigmoidoscopy for early detection of colon cancer.
1951 Dr. L’Esperance receives prestigious Lasker Award for Medical Research.
1962 Strang Director Dr. Emerson Day coauthors the first medical textbook for early detection of cancer.
1969 The risk-factor analysis concept in cancer screening is first used at Strang.
1970 RCA and Strang design a computer system to support algorithmic risk factor analysis and a patient’s medical record.
1973 Strang pioneers the training of paramedical personnel to conduct cancer detection examinations based on Strang’s CanScreen™ Program.
1974 With collaborating institutions, Strang is first to conduct a controlled trial of sputum cytology for early detection of lung cancer.
1975 With collaborating institutions, Strang introduces the stool slide test for detection of colon cancer
1981 First in U.S. to study transrectal sonography for the detection of prostate cancer.
1983 First to demonstrate a DNA-repair deficiency in colon cancer patients and their families.
1987 Specialized breast surveillance program that provides screening, counseling and research for women with genetic risk factors.
1989 Establish the first National High-risk Registry for women with strong family histories of breast cancer.
1990 Affiliates with The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.
1991 Strang Cancer Research Laboratory opens.
1992 Strang-Cornell Breast Center opens.
1993 Strang Research Computing Group is established.
1994 International Conference for Cancer Prevention is established.
1995 Strang Cancer Research Laboratory is relocated to the campus of The Rockefeller University.
1996 Anne Fisher Nutrition Center opened.
1996 Strang Research Computing Group wins Microsoft healthcare industry award.
1997 James E. Olson Colon Cancer Detection Center opened.
1997 Strang Research Computing Group nominated for a Computerworld Smithsonian Award by Bill Gates.
1998 Strang Research Computing Group's Genetics Outreach Program version 2.0 is inducted into the Smithsonian Institution for contributions to technology and society.
1999 Strang leads multicenter trial for colon polyp prevention.
2000 The Strang Cancer Biology Laboratory established at The Rockefeller University