Origins of cancer therapy.
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This is a brief overview of the development of cancer therapy with a focus on systemic therapy. The modern era of chemotherapy developed at Yale University Medical School during World War II, a fact that has been generally unrecognized until recently. The observations preceding and involved in the discovery of effective drugs for cancer seem particularly pertinent for this anniversary year.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
دوره 74 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001