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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
In 1811, the first thyroid cancer case was reported. Thyroid cancer was first described by William Stewart Halsted, a American surgeon in the late nineteenth centuary. | |||
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==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
===Discovery=== | ===Discovery=== | ||
* | * Cancer of thyroid was the first ever described disease of thyroid.<ref name="pmid17866746">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hegner CF |title=A History of Thyroid Surgery |journal=Ann. Surg. |volume=95 |issue=4 |pages=481–92 |year=1932 |pmid=17866746 |pmc=1391584 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
* Thyroid cancer was first described by William Stewart Halsted and named it thyroid tumor or sarcomatous degeneration. | |||
* Thyroid cancer was first described by William | * In 1951, head and neck irradiation was proved to cause thyroid cancer in children | ||
===Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies=== | ===Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies=== | ||
* 1884, thyroidectomies were performed successfully for thyroid disorders. | * 1884, thyroidectomies were performed successfully for thyroid disorders. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
Overview
In 1811, the first thyroid cancer case was reported. Thyroid cancer was first described by William Stewart Halsted, a American surgeon in the late nineteenth centuary.
Historical Perspective
Discovery
- Cancer of thyroid was the first ever described disease of thyroid.[1]
- Thyroid cancer was first described by William Stewart Halsted and named it thyroid tumor or sarcomatous degeneration.
- In 1951, head and neck irradiation was proved to cause thyroid cancer in children
Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies
- 1884, thyroidectomies were performed successfully for thyroid disorders.
- Theodore Kocher (1841-1917) was considered as an expert in thyroidectomies in Switzerland.
- Charles Horace Mayo was considered as an expert in thyroidectomies in United States.
- Murray found out that patients with hypothyroidism responds well to injecting thyroid extracts to them.