title: Cancer chemotherapy: an annotated history.
abstract: Treating cancer with drugs is an ancient art, but it is from discoveries made during and after the Second World War that real clinical success with cancer chemotherapy has occurred. Human and veterinary cancer chemotherapy have coevolved in the context of fascinating historical, political, and scientific events created by equally fascinating individuals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. wbm@purdue.edu
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Morrison
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000266:history* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents