1990 First chemoprevention trial to show efficacy – vitamin A analogue against mouth and throat tumors.
1991 Adjuvant radiation and chemotherapy found to improve survival in rectal cancer.
Cloning Advances:
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1993 First of the hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer genes
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1994 BRCA1, the first inherited breast cancer gene
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1995 BRCA2
