History of the Society
History of the Oncological Society
Czech Society for Oncology of ČLS JEP was founded as an idependent section on 23rd May 1969
Presidents of the Oncological Society and its predecessors:
| 1905 | prof. MUDr. Václav Rubeška |
| 1913 | prof. MUDr. Jaroslav Hlava |
| 1925 | prof. MUDr. Rudolf Jedlička |
| 1926 | prof. MUDr. Václav Rubeška |
| 1934 | prof. MUDr. Heřman Šikl (LPR) |
| 1951 | prof. MUDr. Jan Šula, DrSc. (onkologická sekce ČLS JEP) |
Foundation of the Czech Society for Oncology
| 1969 – 1974 | prof. MUDr. Vladimír Stašek |
| 1974 – 1986 | prof. MUDr. Jaroslav Švejda, DrSc. |
| 1986 – 1989 | doc. prof. MUDr. Josef Koutecký, DrSc. |
| 1989 – 1999 | doc. MUDr. Vladimír Kubec, CSc. |
| 1999 – 2003 | prof. MUDr. Pavel Klener, DrSc. |
| 2003 | prof. MUDr. Jiří Vorlíček, CSc. |
…before foundation of COS ČLS JEP
- 1905 foundation of Association for the Creation and Upkeeping of Sanatorium for the Ill with Malignant New Growth, Particularly Cancer.
- Association renamed to Association for Examination and Control of Cancer in Prague
- 1926 Association renamed to Czechoslovak Association for Examination and Control of Malignant Growth in Prague
- 1928 Foundation for Construction of House of Consolation and Bakeš Foundation
- 1934 League Against Cancer founded as a uniting association of all associations
- 1951 foundation of Oncological Section of Czechoslovak Medical Association of J.E. Purkyně (est.1949)
- 23. 5. 1969 foundation of independent Czechoslovak Oncological Society ČLS JEP
Information taken from article by doc. PhDr. Věra Linhartová, CSc; Cabinet of Medical History of Institute of Social Medicine of Masaryk University Medical Faculty in Brno. Oncological Society. Prepared for publication: Hundredyearbook: History of Czech Medical Association of J.E. Purkyně. Prague, ČLS JEP, 2000, p. 273