Assertion: periwinkle's alkaloid | /r/HasProperty | credited
Facets:
value: with raising the survival rate
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: These alkaloids are now used in the treatment of a number of different types of cancer, with one derived compound, called vincristine, having been credited with raising the survival rate in childhood leukaemia from less than 10% in 1960 to over 90% today.