New York and World War II
Rhoads became director of Memorial Hospital in 1940, succeeding James Ewing, a noted oncologist. In what Lederer calls an ironic twist to the story, Ewing had also written about cancer transplantation in 1931.
In 1941 Rhoads studied radiation and leukemia.
During World War II Rhoads became involved with the Chemical Weapons Division of the U.S. Army. He became involved in a project using mustard gas for cancer treatment, leading to development of a drug called mechlorethamine or Mustargen. He became interested in total body irradiation which led to early work on chemotherapy. He has been accused of involvement with the radiation experiments performed on prisoners during World War II. He was accused by Pedro Albizu Campos of irradiating him involuntarily while in prison.
Rhoads remained involved with Department of Defense radiation experiments through 1954 at Sloan Kettering.
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