Cancer Chemotherapy
A Timeline
This timeline spans 5,000 years of cancer chemotherapy history to provide a broad view of the search for the causes and cures for the disease.
Assessment
- Select any time period listed on the timeline and research other historical events of
that period. Note: some events are given at
Closing in on Cancer: Solving a 5000-Year-Old Mystery.
- Select one scientist from the following list and prepare a report on his work and how it
contributed to our understanding of cancer and cancer chemotherapy.
- Galen
- Paracelsus
- Joseph Lister
- Rudolf Virchow
- Paul Ehrlich
- George Hitchings
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Relevant National Science Education Standards
Science in Personal and Social
Perspectives — The timeline traces the development of a science used against the health
issue of cancer.
History and Nature of Science —
The historical perspective and the nature of science as a human endeavor are the central themes
of this timeline.
Relevant New Jersey State Science Education Standards
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Science and Technology — The
timeline describes the technologies used to fight cancer throughout history, and the development
of the science that made many of those technologies possible.
5.2
The timeline explores the historical development of our understanding of the interworkings of
many of the components involved in cancers, tumors, and their treatment.
5.4
The history of the application of scientific knowledge to cancer technology is outlined here.
Bibliography
Adapted from the National Cancer Institute publication
Closing in on Cancer: Solving a 5000-Year-Old Mystery
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The Chemical Heritage Foundation