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Robert Lowry Turner

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had on childhood Leukaemia, and developed with the help of other experts and through money raised in the city. At the time, the drugs were highly toxic, and he recognised the need for scientific input to optimise drug treatment and develop new strategies. To develop these ideas it was necessary to
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Robert Lowry Turner died in 1990. He is commemorated along with surgeon George Whyte-Watson with a plaque which can be found in
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Chemotherapy was made known to the rest of the medical world in 1959 after Turner, along with surgeon
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before being made Consultant Pathologist at Bradford Royal Infirmary in 1956.
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treatment, now a routine step for millions of people diagnosed with cancer.
101:(1923–1990) was a British scientist known for his pioneering work in 110: 114: 135:. Turner's work began on a project which looked at the effect 140:
establish a local research base which was provided by the
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cancer research
chemotherapy
Bradford
Belfast
chemotherapy
George Whyte-Watson
Bradford Royal Infirmary
mustard gas
University of Bradford
Bradford Cathedral
"Names that should not be forgotten"

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1923 births
1990 deaths
British pathologists
20th-century British medical doctors

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