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 - 2015 | prof. MUDr. Jiří Vorlíček, CSc. |
| 2015 - 2023 | doc. MUDr. Jana Prausova, Ph.D., MBA |
| from 2023 | doc. MUDr. Igor Kiss, Ph.D., MBA |
…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
