Skip to main content
Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

Facets

Browse across eight MeSH (opens in new tab) facets — era, geography, science, specialty, technology, history, culture, and reference. Select one tag per group; counts update across the others. What’s new in facet browse how facets relate to subjects and MeSH.

Clear filters

Facet filters

Historical Eras

Geography

Natural & Physical Sciences

Specialties & Disease

Social & Historical Studies

Institutions & Culture

Reference & Scholarly Works

Drugs & Technology

8 entries match Oncology & Cancer [C04] · Physics, Math & Biomechanics [K01.900.400]

Sort by YearSort by Author

1896

#2001

Sur les radiations émises par phosphorescence.

BECQUEREL, Antoine Henri (1852 – 1908)

The discovery of radioactivity – research stimulated by Roentgen’s discovery of x rays. In 1903 Becquerel received half of the Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered …

1939

#3098

Studies on leukemia with the aid of radioactive phosphorus.

LAWRENCE, John Hundale (1904 – 1991)
LAWRENCE, John Hundale (1904 – 1991) & et al.

Therapeutic use of radioactive isotopes for the treatment of leukemia. John H. Lawrence was the brother of Ernest Orlando Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron; John Lawrence also worked at the Lawrence Berkeley Nationa…

1940

#9483

A preliminary report on the use of fast neutrons in the treatment of malignant disease.

STONE, Robert Spencer (1895 – 1966)
STONE, Robert Spencer (1895 – 1966)

First report on the introduction of neutron therapy for cancer. See Hans Svensson & Torsten Landberg, "Neutron therapy--the historical background," Acta Oncologica, 33:3 (1984) 227-231. In 1938 Stone began clinical tr…

1942

#2700.01

Metabolic studies on neoplasm of bone with the aid of radioactive strontium.

TREADWELL, Anne de G. & et al.

Radioisotopic bone scanning. With B. Low-Beer, H. Friedell, and J. Lawrence.

1946

#3106

Leukaemia treated with urethane compared with deep x-ray therapy.

PATERSON, Edith (1900 – 1995) & et al.

Urethane in treatment of leukemia. With A. Haddow, I. Ap Thomas, and J. M. Watkinson.

1959

#13334

Transfusions et greffes de moelle osseuse homologue chez des humains irradiés a haute dos accidentellement.

MATHÉ, Georges (1922 – 2010) JAMMET, H. PENDIC, B. & et al.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Mathé, Jammet, Pendic et al. Mathé performed the first bone marrow graft between unrelated donors and hosts in order to save six Yugoslavian nuclear researchers who had…

1993

#7182

Radiological oncologists: The unfolding of a medical specialty.

REGATO, Juan A. del (1909 – 1999)

2017

#10555

Cancer, radiation therapy, and the market.

PERKINS, Barbara Bridgman