Sidney Farber and colleagues achieved the first remissions in Wilms tumor of the kidney
In 1950, Sidney Farber and colleagues achieved the first remissions in Wilms tumor of the kidney, a common…
The Michigan Cancer Foundation and the American Cancer Society began sponsoring new cancer research and outreach activities
In 1950, the Michigan Cancer Foundation and the American Cancer Society began sponsoring new cancer research and outreach…
First evidence linking smoking and lung cancer was published at Washginton University – St Louis
In 1950, Washington University physician Evarts A. Graham, MD, and medical student Ernst Wynder published a landmark study…
The FDA approved nitrogen mustard (mechlorethamine) to kill cancer cells
In 1949, the FDA approved nitrogen mustard to kill cancer cells.
Canadaï¾’s first full-time cancer physicist, Dr. Harold Johns, led the world in development the cobalt bomb cancer treatment
In 1949, Canadaï¾’s first full-time cancer physicist, Dr. Harold Johns, led the world in development the cobalt bomb…
The National Cancer Institute’s grants program to medical, dental, and osteopathic schools was initiated
In 1948, the National Cancer Institute’s grants program to medical, dental, and osteopathic schools was initiated for improvement…
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University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) established the Cancer Research Institute
In 1947, The first attempt at coordinating cancer at University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) was a…
The Detroit Cancer Center was established
In 1948, the Detroit Cancer Center was established from the union of the Detroit Institute for Cancer Research…
The National Cancer Institute was reorganized
On Jul. 1, 1947, The National Cancer Institute was reorganized to provide an expanded program of intramural cancer…
Biochemist Yellapragada SubbaRow co-discovered the first cancer chemotherapy agent for children suffering from acute leukemia
In 1947, biochemist Yellapragada SubbaRow co-discovered the first cancer chemotherapy agent for children suffering from acute leukemia. He…
The Laboratory of Experimental Oncology was founded by the city of San Francisco, the NCI and the UC School of Medicine
In 1947, the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology (LEO) was founded as a collaborative effort between the city of…
The Children’s Cancer Research Foundation (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) was founded
In 1947, Sidney Farber, MD, founded a Children’s Cancer Research Foundation dedicated to providing children with cancer with…
The National Cancer Institute cancer control program was established
On Jul. 1, 1946, the National Cancer Institute cancer control program was established with appropriations to the states…
Lloyd Law of NCI introduced the L1210 murine leukemia cell line tumor used in the cancer drug screening program
In 1946, Lloyd Law of NCI introduced the L1210 murine leukemia cell line tumor used in the cancer…
First time radioactive isotope used to treat thyroid cancer
In 1946, fission-derived radioiodine became readily available as a by-product of the Manhattan project in Oak Ridge, TN…
Sloan-Kettering Institute (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) was founded
On Aug. 8, 1945, the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (SKI) was established. A gift of $4 million…
NIH scientists published the first NCI monograph which showed that the mouse breast cancer “agent” was a filterable virus
In 1945, W. Ray Bryan, Michael B. Shimkin, Howard B. Andervont, Herbert Kahler and Thelma B. Dunn published…
Canadian Premier Tommy Douglas implemented free cancer treatment to anyone who had lived in the province for at least 3 months
In 1944, Canadian Premier Tommy Douglas, seeing the high cancer death rate in Saskatchewan, implemented free cancer treatment…
The Pap smear was introduced into medical practice
In 1943, George Nicholas Papanicolaou and Herbert Traut published their landmark book “Diagnosis of Uterine Cancer by the…
Wilton R Earle of NCI published a classic paper describing the production of malignancy in vitro
In 1943, Wilton R. Earle of NCI, who had in the 1930’s pioneered the process of growing cells…
The Detroit Institute for Cancer Research was founded
In 1943, The Detroit Institute for Cancer Research was founded. Dr. Rollin H. Stevens was appointed the instituteï¾’s…
Chemotherapy was first used to treat a cancer patient
On Aug. 27, 1942, chemotherapy was first used to treat a cancer patient and the beginning of its…
First intravenous chemotherapy treatment of a cancer patient was performed at Yale University,
In 1942, the first intravenous chemotherapy treatment of a cancer patient was performed at Yale.
Chemotherapy began when the first use of a cancer drug was administered to a patient using nitrogen mustard
In 1942, Yale cancer research began when the first use of a cancer drug was administered to a…
The Hormel Institute was founded
In 1942, The Hormel Institute was founded by Jay C. Hormel in Austin to research and find a…
Dr William Hutchinson joined the Swedish Tumor Institute
In 1942, Dr. William Hutchinson began a 47 year career at the Swedish Tumor Institute. Dr. Hutchinson founded…
Harold Stewart and Egon Lorenz demonstrated by carcinogenesis the induction of adenocarcinoma of the glandular stomach of mice
On Aug. 1, 1941, Harold L. Stewart and Egon Lorenz published an article in the Journal of the…
Charles Huggins discovered that blocking male hormones could cause regression of prostate tumors
In 1941, Charles Huggins discovers that blocking male hormones (by removal of the testicles or administration of estrogens)…
The first issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute was published
On Aug. 1, 1940, the first issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) was published….
The McArdle Laboratory was founded in Madison
In 1940, the McArdle Memorial Laboratory was founded in Madison. McArdle Lab was one of the first basic…