Historical overview of the National Cancer Institute Fermentation Program.
The background of the National Cancer Institute fermentation program is placed into the historical perspective of the entire NCI drug development program, which began as the Cancer Chemotherapy National Service Center and metamorphosed into the Chemotherapy Program and ultimately into the Division of Cancer Treatment.
D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology; D005285:Fermentation; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.) / Q000266:history*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D014481:United States
D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic