From 1954 to 1963, Southam’s research team conducted a study[1] comparing the immune responses of patients injected with cancer cells in order to find out if. His experiment was split into three parts, the first of which was done at the Memorial Hospital in New York (1954-1956). His team injected 14 advanced incurable cancer patients with various types of cancer cells, and measured the rate of growth or regression of the tumors.

Results from the Memorial Hospital experiment showed that the nodules continued to grow for about 4 - 6 weeks and then started to regress spontaneously on their own.

  1. ^ LANGER, ELINOR. "Human Experimentation: Cancer Studies At Sloan-Kettering Stir Public Debate On Medical Ethics." Science 143.3606 (1964): 551. Publisher Provided Full Text Searching File. Web. 10 Nov. 2016.