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Henry S. Kaplan
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- AMERICAN CANCER SPECIALIST Henry S. Kaplan was the winner of the Charles F. Kettering Prize of the General Motors Cancer Foundation in 1979 for “distinguished leadership in the development of a highly effective therapeutic regimen for Hodgkin's disease.” His efforts ensured that radiotherapy became a new discipline in oncology. Kaplan also pioneered research in radiobiology and was involved in experimental work with the viral etiology of rat leukemia. [Source: Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society; Kaplan, Henry S.]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Henry_S._Kaplan
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