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Medicine & Public Health
Vincent DeVita
b. 1935Yonkers, NYItalian American descendantLiving
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Why Included
NCI Director
Biography
NCI Director; developed combination chemotherapy that made Hodgkin's lymphoma curable; Yonkers Italian-American. NCI Director; developed MOPP chemotherapy making Hodgkin's lymphoma potentially curable
Notable For
- NCI Director
- developed combination chemotherapy that made Hodgkin's lymphoma curable
- Yonkers Italian-American
Honors & Recognition
- NCI Director
- developed MOPP chemotherapy making Hodgkin's lymphoma potentially curable
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Medicine & Public Health
- Specialty
- Oncology
- Years
- b. 1935
- Birth Place
- Yonkers, NY
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Regional Ancestry
- Italian
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