An article by Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., M.D., and Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D. in the New England Journal of Medicine
This article provides a great overview of the advancements
made in cancer research and procedures over the past 200 years.
Having had Ovarian Cancer, this paragraph really got my
attention and made me stand up and pay attention:
"In the treatment of cancer, surgery was the first tool
available. In 1809, Ephraim McDowell removed an ovarian tumor without the use
of anesthesia, the first abdominal surgery performed in the United States, and
provided evidence that tumor masses could be cured by surgery."
I have only one thing to say. OUCH!!
Until next time ......
~ BOptimistic ~
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