Daily Archives: 23/08/2025
Paradigm changing advances in cancer treatment in the last 100 years.
My picks for the Top 10 paradigm changing advances in cancer treatment in the last 100 years. Chronological order. 1/ Methotrexate to cure Choriocarcinoma. 1953. Roy Hertz & Min Chiu Li. First cure of solid tumors with chemo. Discovery – Methotrexate: Chemotherapy Treatment for Cancer Prior to the 1950s, treatment for the majority of cancers […]
The Trailblazing Journey of Dr. Anandibai Joshi: A Humanized Biography
The Trailblazing Journey of Dr. Anandibai Joshi: A Humanized Biography In the late 19th century, in a small town in Maharashtra, India, a young girl named Yamuna was born into a world where women’s dreams were often confined to the walls of their homes. This is the story of Anandibai Joshi, India’s first female physician, […]
Other Cancer Pioneers Who Changed the Fight
Dr. Min Chiu Li’s breakthrough with chemotherapy was a turning point, but he stood on the shoulders of giants and walked alongside other visionaries who reshaped our understanding of cancer. Here are a few of their stories, filled with grit, hope, and relentless curiosity. Percivall Pott: The Chimney Sweep’s Champion (1775)In 18th-century London, surgeon Percivall […]
Dr. Min Chiu Li
Dr. Min Chiu Li was the first scientist to demonstrate that systemic chemotherapy could cure widely metastatic, malignant cancer. Born in 1919 in Mukden (now Shenyang), China, he studied at Mukden Medical College and moved to the United States in 1947 for further medical training due to the Chinese Civil War. He trained at the […]
MBBS doctors who have received this award padamshree its inception in 1954
The Padma Shri is India’s fourth-highest civilian honor, awarded for distinguished service in various fields, including medicine. Compiling a complete list of MBBS doctors who have received this award since its inception in 1954 is challenging due to the extensive number of recipients (over 3,448 as of 2025) and the lack of a centralized, publicly […]
The Heart of a Legend: Dr. Naresh Trehan’s Journey
Picture a young Naresh Trehan, a curious boy growing up in a modest three-room apartment in Connaught Place, Delhi, where two rooms doubled as his parents’ medical clinic. His mother, a gynecologist, and his father, an ENT specialist, had fled Lyallpur (now Faisalabad, Pakistan) during the 1947 partition, carrying little but their dreams and dedication […]
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