Thalassemia molecular dissection in 1949, made Molecular Medicine appears in scene (Pauling), and oncology basic basis were waiting for the DNA structure and function discovery (Watson, Crick and Franklin). This last was an enormous Science breakthrough that helped us to understand the pathogeny of several diseases including Cancer as the more relevant one.
Daniel Gandia M.D. IQVIA and Department of Cancer Medicine, The Basic Science of Oncology