Joseph H. Burchenal
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Joseph H. Burchenal
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Joseph Holland Burchenal was an American oncologist, and a winner of the 1972 Albert Lasker Award for Medical Research for his work on developing a chemotherapy for Burkitt's lymphoma. His research with George Hitchings and Gertrude Elion led to the creation of the leukemia treatment mercaptopurine. He worked at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and was a member of the presidential panel that initiated the U.S. federal government's War on Cancer. Burchenal died in Hanover, New Hampshire on
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American oncologist
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2023-10-05T18:18:35Z
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