Paul Carbone, 70; Researcher-Advocate for Early Cancer Detection

Paul Carbone, 70, nationally recognized researcher and advocate of early cancer detection, died Friday in Singapore of a heart attack. He lived in Madison, Wis.

Carbone achieved national status for his work in the treatment and cure of Hodgkin’s disease, development of new chemotherapy drugs, and breast cancer treatment. He shared the Lasker Prize for Medicine in 1972, among many other awards.

He served as associate director of medical oncology at the National Cancer Institute from 1960 until 1976 and director of the cancer center at the University of Wisconsin in Madison from 1978 until 1997.

A lifelong advocate of early detection of cancer, Carbone lately had been researching methods of chemo-prevention of various cancers. He had served as president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Assn. for Cancer Research.