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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

ONCOLOGY & CANCER

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1939Tabakmissbrauch und Lungencarcinom.
MÜLLER, Franz Hermann
1939Radiotherapy in Hodgkin’s disease (malignant granulomatosis). Anatomic and clinical foundations; governing principles; results.
GILBERT, René
1940Acceleration of electrons by magnetic induction.
KERST, Donald William (1911 – 1993)
KERST, Donald William (1911 – 1993)
1940Nuclear physics and therapy: preliminary report on a new method for the treatment of leukemia and polycythemia.
LAWRENCE, John Hundale (1904 – 1991)
LAWRENCE, John Hundale (1904 – 1991)
1941Studies on prostatic cancer. I. The effect of castration, of estrogen, and of androgen injection on serum phosphatases in metastatic carcinoma of the prostate.
HUGGINS, Charles Brenton (1901 – 1997) HODGES, Clarence Vernard (1914 – 2001)
1941The diagnostic value of vaginal smears in carcinoma of the uterus.
PAPANICOLAOU, George Nicholas (1883 – 1962) TRAUT, Herbert Frederick (1894 – 1963)
1942Application of radioactive iodine in therapy of Graves’s disease.
HERTZ, Saul (1905 – 1950)
HERTZ, Saul (1905 – 1950) ROBERTS, A
1943Diagnosis of uterine cancer by the vaginal smear.
PAPANICOLAOU, George Nicholas (1883 – 1962) TRAUT, Herbert Frederick (1894 – 1963)
1944“Folic acid” a tumor growth inhibitor.
LEUCHTENBERGER, Cecile (1906 – ) LEUCHTENBERGER, Rudolf & et al.
1944Influence of synthetic oestrogens upon advanced malignant disease.
HADDOW, Sir Alexander (1907 – 1976)
HADDOW, Sir Alexander (1907 – 1976) & et al.
1945The synchrotron: a proposed high energy particle accelerator.
MCMILLAN, Edwin Mattison (1907 – 1991)
MCMILLAN, Edwin Mattison (1907 – 1991)
1945A tentative test for pheochromocytoma.
ROTH, Grace M. (1894 – 1982) KVALE, Walter Frederick (1907 – 1970)
1945Bilateral adrenalectomy in prostatic cancer; clinical features and urinary excretion of 17-ketosteroids and estrogen.
HUGGINS, Charles Brenton (1901 – 1997) SCOTT, William Wallace (1913 – 2000)
1946The design of a proton linear accelerator.
ALVAREZ, Luis Walter (1911 – 1988)
ALVAREZ, Luis Walter (1911 – 1988)
1946Leukaemia treated with urethane compared with deep x-ray therapy.
PATERSON, Edith (1900 – 1995) & et al.
1946The biological actions and therapeutic applications of the ß-chloroethyl amines and sulfides.
GILMAN, Alfred Zack (1908 – 1984)
GILMAN, Alfred Zack (1908 – 1984) PHILLIPS, Frederick Stanley (1916 – )
1946Radioactive iodine therapy: Effect on functioning metastases of adenocarcinoma of the thyroid.
SEIDLIN, Samuel M. (1895 – 1955)
MARINELLI, Leonidas D. (1906 – 1974)
MARINELLI, Leonidas D. (1906 – 1974) OSHRY, Eleanor
1946Nitrogen mustard therapy. Use of methyl-bis(beta-chloroethyl)amine hydrochloride and tris(beta-chloroethyl)amine hydrochloride for Hodgkin's disease, lymphosarcoma, leukemia and certain allied and miscellaneous disorders.
GOODMAN, Louis Sanford (1906 – 2000)
GOODMAN, Louis Sanford (1906 – 2000)
GILMAN, Alfred Zack (1908 – 1984)
GILMAN, Alfred Zack (1908 – 1984) WINTROBE, Maxwell Myer (1901 – 1986) DAMESHEK, William (1900 – 1969)
1947Effect of intraperitoneal injection of malignant urine extracts in normal and hypophysectomized rats.
BEARD, Howard Horace (1894 – ) & et al.
1948Temporary remissions in acute leukemia in children produced by folic acid antagonist 4-amethopteroylglutamic acid (aminopterin).
FARBER, Sidney (1903 – 1973)
FARBER, Sidney (1903 – 1973)
1948Index to the literature of experimental cancer research 1900-1935.
DONNER FOUNDATION
1948Melanomas of childhood.
SPITZ, Sophie (1910 – 1956)
SPITZ, Sophie (1910 – 1956)
1950A sensitive directional gamma-ray detector.
CASSEN, Benedict (1902 – 1972) & et al.
1950Tobacco smoking as a possible etiologic factor in bronchogenic carcinoma: A study of 684 proved cases.
GRAHAM, Evarts Ambrose (1883 – 1957)
GRAHAM, Evarts Ambrose (1883 – 1957) WYNDER, Ernst Ludwig (1922 – 1999)
1950Smoking and carcinoma of the lung. Preliminary report.
DOLL, Sir William Richard Shaboe (1912 – 2005)
HILL, Sir Austin Bradford (1897 – 1999)
HILL, Sir Austin Bradford (1897 – 1999)
1950Triethylene melamine in the treatment of Hodgkin’s disease and allied neoplasms
RHOADS, Cornelius Packard (1898 – 1959) & et al.
1951Contributions to the study of marine products. XXXII. The nucleosides of sponges.
BERGMANN, Werner FEENEY, Robert J. (1925 – 2018)
1952Incidence of leukemia in survivors of the atom bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
FOLLEY, J. H. BORGES, T. YAMASAKI, T.
1952Tissue culture studies of the proliferative capacity of cervical carcinoma and normal epithelium.
GEY, George Otto (1899 – 1970) COFFMAN, Ward D. KUBICEK, Mary T.
LACKS, Henrietta (1920 – 1951)
LACKS, Henrietta (1920 – 1951)
1953Aryl-2-halogenoalkylamines. Part XII. Some carboxylic derivatives of NN-Di 2-chloroethylaniline.
EVERETT, James Lionel
1953Clinical studies on the carcinolytic action of triethylenephosphoramide.
FARBER, Sidney (1903 – 1973)
FARBER, Sidney (1903 – 1973) & et al.
1953The concentration of oxygen dissolved in tissues at the time of irradiation as a factor in radiotherapy.
GRAY, Louis Harold (1905 – 1965) & et al.
1953Clinical evaluation of a new antimetabolite, 6-mercaptopurine, in treatment of leukemia and allied diseases.
BURCHENAL, Joseph Holland (1912 – 2006) & et al.
1953Treatment of leukemia with triethylenethiophosphoramide (Thio-TEPA); preliminary results in experimental and clinical leukemia.
SHAY, Harry (1898 – ) & et al.
1953Experience with hypophysectomy in man.
LUFT, Rolf (1914 – 2007)
OLIVECRONA, Herbert (1891 – 1980)
OLIVECRONA, Herbert (1891 – 1980)
1954Cytoactive amino-acid and peptide derivatives. I. Substituted phenylalanines.
BERGEL, Franz (1900 – 1987) STOCK, J. A.
1955Carcinolytic action of antibiotics: puromycin and actinomycin.
FARBER, Sidney (1903 – 1973)
FARBER, Sidney (1903 – 1973)
1955Clinical trials of p-(DI-2-chloroethylamino)-phenylbutyric acid (CB 1348) in malignant lymphoma.
GALTON, David Abraham Goiten (1922 – 2007)
1956Mitomycin, a new antibiotic from streptomyces.
HATA, Toju (1908 – 2004) & et al.
1956Preliminary communication: Malignant disease in childhood and diagnostic irradiation in-utero.
STEWART, Alice Mary (1906 – 2002)
STEWART, Alice Mary (1906 – 2002) & et al.
1957Fluorinated pyrimidines, a new class of tumour-inhibitory compounds.
HEIDELBERGER, Charles (1920 – 1983) & et al.
1957The induction of neoplasms with a substance released from mouse tumors by tissue culture.
STEWART, Sarah Elizabeth (1905 – 1976)
STEWART, Sarah Elizabeth (1905 – 1976) & et al.
1957Virus interference. I. The interferon.
ISAACS, Alick (1921 – 1967) LINDENMANN, Jean (1924 – 2015)
1957Intravenous infusion of bone marrow in patients receiving radiation and chemotherapy.
THOMAS, Edward Donnall (1920 – 2012) LOCHTE, Harry L. Jr. LU, Wan Ching & et al.
1958Neuartige Krebs-Chemotherapeutica aus der Gruppe der zyklischen N-Lost-Phosphamidester.
ARNOLD, Herbert & et al.
1958​–1959A sarcoma involving the jaws in African children.
BURKITT, Denis Parsons (1911 – 1993)
BURKITT, Denis Parsons (1911 – 1993)
1959Transfusions et greffes de moelle osseuse homologue chez des humains irradiés a haute dos accidentellement.
MATHÉ, Georges (1922 – 2010) JAMMET, H. PENDIC, B. & et al.
1960Virus-cell interaction with a tumour-producing virus.
VOGT, Marguerite (1913 – 2007)
DULBECCO, Renato (1914 – 2012)
DULBECCO, Renato (1914 – 2012)
1963Evidence that the L-asparaginase of guinea pig serum is responsible for its antilymphoma effects.
BROOME, John Denis
1963Pre-therapeutic experiments with the fast neutron beam from the Medical Research Council cyclotron. A symposium.
FOWLER, J. F. & et al.