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John Mark Cleland died peacefully on Feb. 7, 2022, in Indianapolis. Some people reading this headline will have little or no idea who John Cleland was. However, if you are a medical or urological oncologist, you should. John Cleland was the first man whose metastatic testicular cancer was cured with combination chemotherapy containing cisplatin.
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By Alexandria Carolan and Alice Tracey
In Brief
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Clinical Roundup
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