The Evolution of Cancer Therapy

Professor Eleanor Stride will discuss the history and development of cancer therapy from its origins in Ancient Egypt - when surgery was the only option to remove a tumour, to the more recent developments of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. She will end by looking at present-day clinical trials that aim to harness the body’s own immune system to eliminate disease (immunotherapy). A lecture by Eleanor Stride The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham...