Elise Depew Strang L’Esperance, MD — diagnostic and therapeutic services (pathology), research (oncology), internal medicine (preventative)
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Dr. Elise Depew Strang L’Esperance (1878–1958) was a pioneer in establishing a preventive model of cancer treatment. She co-founded some of the first clinics devoted to the early detection and treatment of cancers, especially cervical cancer, including one clinic named for her mother, the Kate Depew Strang Tumor Clinic (now called the Strang Cancer Prevention Center).
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