Sidney Farber is regarded as the father of modern chemotherapy.Cancer<unk>  is<unk>  into cancer to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure.<unk>  ranges from epidemiology, molecular bioscience to the performance of clinical trials to evaluate and compare applications of the various cancer treatments. These applications include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, immunotherapy and combined treatment modalities such as chemo-radiotherapy. Starting in the mid-1990s, the emphasis in clinical<unk>  shifted towards therapies derived from biotechnology<unk> , such as cancer immunotherapy and gene therapy.<unk>  is done in academia,<unk>  institutes, and corporate environments, and is largely government funded.
Cancer research
Drug development
HIV/AIDS research
Cancer survival rates
Spinal cord injury research
Personal health application
Drug Safety
Drug discovery