Friday, January 9, 2009

Cancer Milestones in Treatment

We continue our series on Cancer Milestones in Treatments. Researchers continually strive to beat the cancer scouge, but it is good to view progress of the past.

1896

Removal of ovaries is performed for first time as part of breast cancer treatment

1941
Charles Huggins uses synthetic hormone to treat prostrate cancer and shows that some breast and prostrate cancer cells are hormone-dependent. In 1966, he is awarded the Nobel Prize

1946
The beginning of chemotherapy as treatment for cancer can be traced to chemical warfare used in World War 1.
Louis Goodman and Alfred Gilman use nitrogen mustard, an agent derived from deadly gas employed during First World War, to treat a non-hodgkin's lymphoma patient. Their published report in 1946 demonstrates how chemotherapy can induce tumor regression

Acknowledgment curetoday.com Geoff

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