First author of the 1956 methotrexate report in choriocarcinoma
Min Chiu Li
First author of the 1956 report with Roy Hertz and Donald B. Spencer on methotrexate therapy of choriocarcinoma and chorioadenoma, as listed on the publisher's page. A 2003 biographical article credits the work of Drs Hertz and Li with demonstrating that choriocarcinoma could be cured with a single chemotherapeutic agent. Career details are not given in the sources opened.
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Li MC, Hertz R, Spencer DB. Effect of methotrexate therapy upon choriocarcinoma and chorioadenoma. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1956;93(2):361-6.
Yarris JP, Hunter AJ. Roy Hertz, M.D. (1909-2002): the cure of choriocarcinoma and its impact on the development of chemotherapy for cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2003;89(2):193-8.