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jan 1, 1953 - The First Complete Cure of a Human Solid Tumor

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Roy Hertz and Min Chiu Li, when using the drug methotrexate to treat a patient with choriocarcinoma, a rare reproductive tissue cancer that mainly affects women, they achieve the first complete cure of a human solid tumor by chemotherapy.

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jan 1, 1953
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~ 73 years ago