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Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) is a method of corneal transplantation that involves the removal of a thin sheet of tissue from the posterior (innermost) side of a person's cornea to replace it with the two posterior (innermost) layers of corneal tissue from a donor's eyeball.
1900 – Swedish Dr. Stenbeck cures a skin cancer with small doses of radiation [4]; 1920s – Dr. William B. Coley's immunotherapy treatment, regressed tumors in hundreds of cases, the success of Coley's Toxins attracted heavy resistance from his rival and supervisor, Dr. James Ewing, who was an ardent supporter of radiation therapy for cancer.
The German professor Wilhelm Fabry believed that breast cancer was caused by a milk clot in a mammary duct. The Dutch professor Francois de la Boe Sylvius , a follower of Descartes , believed that all disease was the outcome of chemical processes, and that acidic lymph fluid was the cause of cancer.
The researchers discovered that women who underwent a lumpectomy (where the tumor and surrounding tissue is removed but the breast is largely left intact) or a mastectomy (where one breast is ...
William Stewart Halsted, M.D. (September 23, 1852 – September 7, 1922) was an American surgeon who emphasized strict aseptic technique during surgical procedures, was an early champion of newly discovered anesthetics, and introduced several new operations, including the radical mastectomy for breast cancer.
1162. The Council of Tours banned the "barbarous practice" of surgery for breast cancers. 1180. Rogerius published The Practice of Surgery. 1214. Hugh of Lucca discovered that wine disinfects wounds. 1250. Theodoric Borgognoni, student of Hugh of Lucca broke with Galen and fought pus with dry wound technique (wound cleansing and sutures). 1275.
Oncologic Surgery, Breast surgery. Surgical removal (excision) of all lactiferous ducts of the breast for managing duct ectasia. [1] Halsted's operation (hernia) William Stewart Halsted: General surgery: Repair of inguinal hernia [4] Halsted's operation I at Whonamedit? Halsted's operation (mastectomy) William Stewart Halsted: Breast surgery
Although he did not perform the operation again, oophorectomy became the standard treatment for advanced breast cancer over the following years. [3] He is considered the father of anti-hormonal treatment of breast cancer since he was the first to describe remissions of metastatic breast cancer after this operation.