Tongue cancer historical perspective
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Simrat Sarai, M.D. [2] Mohammed Abdelwahed M.D[3]
Overview
Hayes Martin was the first to focus on improving cure rates by treating the primary tumor with X-rays. By 1928, V. P. Blair of St Louis was the first to advocate surgery as the best management for oral cancers. A major initiative of the 1970s and 1980s was cytotoxic chemotherapy for patients unfit for surgery.
Tongue cancer historical perspective
- In 1928, V. P. Blair of St Louis was the first to advocate surgery as the best management for oral cancers.
- Billroth appreciated the importance of good access and took the procedure a stage further, removing a section of the mandibular body to reach the tongue and oropharynx.
- In 1875, Bernard von Langenbeck resected the ramus of the mandible in continuity with the primary tumor.[1]
- In 1917, Esser was the first to describe an axial pattern flap based on the temporal artery.[2]
- By 1923, radiotherapy was used to treat neck metastases.
- By 1930s, Hayes Martin was the first to focus on improving cure rates by treating the primary tumor with X-rays by the Coutard method supplemented with gold radium seeds.
- By 1950, development of bleeding control techniques, antibiotics, and blood transfusion made it possible to do advanced surgeries for cancers.
- A major initiative of the 1970s and 1980s was cytotoxic chemotherapy for patients unfit for surgeries.
References
- ↑ Alberti PW (1975). "Panel discussion: the historical development of laryngectomy. II. The evolution of laryngology and laryngectomy in the mid-19th century". Laryngoscope. 85 (2): 288–98. doi:10.1288/00005537-197502000-00006. PMID 1089857.
- ↑ Esser JF (1917). "STUDIES IN PLASTIC SURGERY OF THE FACE: I. USE OF SKIN FROM THE NECK TO REPLACE FACE DEFECTS. II. PLASTIC OPERATIONS ABOUT THE MOUTH. III. THE EPIDERMIC INLAY". Ann Surg. 65 (3): 297–315. PMC 1426412. PMID 17863675.