childhood

Cancer Prevention Versus Cure? One Physician-Scientist's "Pet Peeve"

By Michele Lyons

Friday, February 27, 2015

“Then we have ‘prevention is more important than cure.’ That’s the one I like best. That’s my pet peeve…."

Dr. Emil Freireich, NCI, in his 1997 oral history. Dr. Freireich helped develop combined chemotherapy for childhood leukemia.