Francis_C._Wood
Francis C. Wood
American cancer researcher
Francis Carter Wood (December 30, 1869 – January 5, 1951) was an American cancer researcher, a pioneer in the use of X-rays and radium for treatment of cancer. Wood was the founder and the founding director of the Crocker Institute for Cancer Research.[1][2]
He was also the founder of the pathology laboratory at St. Luke's Hospital, and its director from 1910 to 1948.[1] Wood was also a professor of clinical pathology and the director of Institute of Cancer Research at Columbia University.[2]