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. 2012 Jun 7;366(23):2207-14.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1204479. Epub 2012 May 30.

Two hundred years of cancer research

Vincent T DeVita Jr  1 , Steven A Rosenberg
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Two hundred years of cancer research

Vincent T DeVita Jr et al. N Engl J Med. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Timeline of Pivotal Events in Cancer Treatment.
CML denotes chronic myeloid leukemia.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Timeline of Pivotal Events in Cancer Prevention.
BCG denotes bacille Calmette–Guérin, DCIS ductal carcinoma in situ, FDA Food and Drug Administration, and HPV human papillomavirus.
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