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Description	Dr. Roy Hertz (center) with L. Thomas at right (unknown on right). Dr. Hertz (NCI) developed the first drug cure for a human cancer tumor. His work helped lead to the creation of birth control pills. Dr. Hertz admitted the first patient to the NIH Clinical Center in 1953. His use of hormones and antihormones in the treatment of cancer earned some of medicine's highest honors, including the 1972 Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Research. He was also nominated for a Nobel Prize.
Source	Dr. Roy Herz (1909-2002)
Author	NIH History Office from Bethesda

Camera location	39° 00′ 14.5″ N, 77° 06′ 17.27″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	39.004027; -77.104797

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