Methods of Treatment - Hormone Therapy - Our Best Friend to the Rescue

Methods of Treatment:
Hormone Therapy
Our Best Friend to the Rescue

This reading is the story behind the work of Dr. Charles Benton Huggins, a Nobel Prize winner, as he searched for a cancer cure relying on a similarity between dogs and humans.

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Charles Brenton Huggins — autobiography from the Nobel e-Museum.

Relevant National Science Education Standards

Life Science — Cancer cells play a major role in this reading.
History and Nature of Science — The reading illustrates part of the history of cancer treatment.

Relevant New Jersey State Science Education Standards

5.1 The reading describes how Huggins made systematic observations and experiments.

5.2 The reading describes the discovery of a major cancer drug.

5.4 The reading describes new cancer treatment technologies.

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5.1	The reading describes how Huggins made systematic observations and experiments.
5.2	The reading describes the discovery of a major cancer drug.
5.4	The reading describes new cancer treatment technologies.