Hail and farewell!: A tribute to James D. Cox, MD, Editor-in-Chief, 1997-2011.

摘要

Throughout his career, Jim Cox's distinguished contributions to learned societies, to education, and to research elevated to the status of radiation oncology and have received many accolades. To those expressions of gratitude, we may now add our deep appreciation for his outstanding leadership of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology ? Biology Physics. (IJROBP), during the past 15 years.In his inaugural issue as editor-in-chief (IJROBP 1997;37:7), Jim stated that the Journal would "seek to serve as the most important vehicle for integrating the three cultures and communicating progress among them." This vision has been supremely well attained under his guidance.Dr. Cox, a renowned physician-scientist and teacher, possesses remarkably comprehensive knowledge spanning all clinical disease sites and treatment methods. He brought these strengths to bear in the advancement of the Journal. A prolific and critical author himself, during his editorship, the Journal became the top educational resource for the worldwide radiation oncology community.