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Cancer chemotherapy

Recorded year1946

Nitrogen mustard, then Sidney Farber's antifolates, start drug treatment of cancer.

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First targeted drugRecorded · 1910enables

Led to

First nanomedicineRecorded · 1995enables
Checkpoint immunotherapyRecorded · 2011enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.