Chemoneedle

Chemotherapy

By KartikaL

  • Nitrogen Mustard was reasearched

    Nitrogen Mustard was reasearched
    In the 1940s,Alfred Gilman and Louis S. Goodman, started to research the chemical Nitrogen Mustard that is used in chemical warfare, as they thought it would have medical benifits.

  • National Cancer Chemotherapy Service Center was created

    National Cancer Chemotherapy Service Center was created
    In 1955 the United States Congress made the National Cancer Chemotherapy Service Center (NCCSC) because of the sucess of the anti- cancer drugs

  • First solid tumor is cured by chemotherapy

    First solid tumor is cured by chemotherapy
    In 1958, Roy Hertz and Min Chiu Li from the National Cancer Institute discovered that methotrexate could cure choriocarcinoma, making it the first tumor curable.

  • POMP Regiment Break-Through

    In 1965, James Holland, Emil Freireich, and Emil Frei discovered a breakthrough in chemotherapy. They determined that using several different drugs in a cycle would make the stopping of the tumor more effective. This was called the POMP regiment, and is used a lot today in chemotherapy.