Sidney Farber
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican physician (1903-1973)
Sidney Farber was an American pediatric pathologist at Boston Children's Hospital. He is regarded as the father of modern chemotherapy for his work using folic acid antagonists to combat leukemia, which led to the development of other chemotherapeutic agents against other malignancies.
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Willem Johan KolffAlso won Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
Thomas E. StarzlAlso won Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
Alfred BlalockAlso won Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research AwardDennis LoAlso won Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
Henri LaboritAlso won Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
Ingeborg HochmairAlso won Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research AwardAbout this person
Sidney Farber was an American pediatric pathologist at Boston Children's Hospital. He is regarded as the father of modern chemotherapy for his work using folic acid antagonists to combat leukemia, which led to the development of other chemotherapeutic agents against other malignancies. Farber was also active in cancer research advocacy and fundraising, such as through his establishment of The Jimmy Fund, a foundation dedicated to pediatric research in childhood cancers. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is named after him.
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