The Birth of Chemotherapy
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Yale School of Medicine professors discovered that chemicals used in gas warfare during the first world war could be a potent weapon against cancer. Cancer Center Director Thomas Lynch describes how chemotherapy was invented at Yale and how scientists continue to develop these treatments to increase their effectiveness.
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