Episode 3: Microbe Hunters and Magic Bullets

Episode 3: Microbe Hunters and Magic Bullets

By Stacy Wentworth, M.D.

In 1958, Bernie Fisher participated in the first randomized clinical trial in patients with breast cancer. The trial was a disaster, leading most surgeons to abandon the idea of using chemotherapy to cure more patients. Bernie, however, noticed something different. This put him on a path that would change the course of cancer treatment forever.



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