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Milestones in Cancer Research and Discovery
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Updated:
14 Jun 2022
https://www.cancer.gov/research/progress/250-years-milestones
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Imatinib Mesylate
NCI-Sponsored Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT)
NCI's Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR)
Gardasil
Cervarix
The First Human Cancer Treatment Vaccine
NCI-Sponsored Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NLST)
Ipilimumab
NCI-Sponsored PLCO Cancer Screening Trial
Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansine (T-DM1)
Analyzing DNA in Cancer
Pembrolizumab
NCI-MATCH Clinical Trial
Talimogene Laherparepvec
Cancer Moonshot
Pediatric MATCH
CAR T-Cell Therapies
Tumor-Agnostic Approval for Pembrolizumab
Genomic Profiling Tests
TCGA PanCancer Atlas
NCI-Sponsored TAILORx Clinical Trial
Larotrectinib
International Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes
Chimney Soot & Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Inflammation & Cancer
The First Radical Mastectomy to Treat Breast Cancer
Inheritance of Cancer Risk
The First X-Ray
Radium & Polonium
Cancer Tumors & Single Cells with Chromosome Damage
The First Use of Radiation Therapy to Cure Cancer
Immune Surveillance
Cancer in Chickens
Cancer in Rabbits
The Pap Smear
The Modified Radical Mastectomy for Breast Cancer
The National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Breast-Sparing Surgery Followed by Radiation
Hormonal Therapy
Antimetabolites
Nitrogen Mustard
Cigarette Smoking & Lung Cancer
The First Complete Cure of a Human Solid Tumor
Combination Chemotherapy
The Philadelphia Chromosome
A Focus on Cigarette Smoking
The Epstein-Barr virus
The National Cancer Act
The DNA of Normal Chicken Cells
Tamoxifen
The TP53 Gene
HER2 Gene Discovered
HPV 16 & 18
Breast-Conserving Surgery
HER2 Oncogene Cloning
Guaiac Fecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT)
BRCA1 Tumor Suppressor Gene Cloning
BRCA2 Tumor Suppressor Gene Cloning
Anastrozole
Rituximab
NCI-Sponsored Breast Cancer Prevention Trial
Trastuzumab
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