A tribute to Sidney Farber - The father of modern chemotherapy

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-26

  Miller, Denis R ^a  

^a PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute leukaemia; Chemotherapy; Childhood cancer; Sidney Farber

Indexed keywords

AMINOPTERIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DACTINOMYCIN; DIOPTERIN; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; PTEROYLASPARTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CANCER CELL; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METASTASIS; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

HEMATOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744792098     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06119.x     Document Type: Review

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