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== Tongue cancer historical perspective == | == Tongue cancer historical perspective == | ||
* 1831, Jaeger first described splitting the Cheek and Maisonneuve took matters | * In 1831, Jaeger first described splitting the Cheek and Maisonneuve took matters by splitting both cheeks. | ||
* 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 Bernard von Langenbeck, who in 1875 resected the ramus of the mandible in continuity with the primary tumour.28 | * 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 Bernard von Langenbeck, who in 1875 resected the ramus of the mandible in continuity with the primary tumour. 28 | ||
* By 1923, radiotherapy was used to treat neck metastases. | * By 1923, radiotherapy was used to treat neck metastases. | ||
* By 1930s, Hayes Martin, a radiotherapist and general surgeon, at Memorial Hospital, New York, was the first to focuse on improving cure rates by treating the primary tumour with X-rays by the Coutard method supplemented with gold radium seeds. | * By 1930s, Hayes Martin, a radiotherapist and general surgeon, at Memorial Hospital, New York, was the first to focuse on improving cure rates by treating the primary tumour with X-rays by the Coutard method supplemented with gold radium seeds. | ||
* By 1928, V. P. Blair of St Louis was the first to advocate surgery as the best management for oral cancers. | * By 1928, V. P. Blair of St Louis was the first to advocate surgery as the best management for oral cancers. | ||
* By fifties, development of bleeding control techniques, antibiotics, and blood transfusion made it possible to do advanced surgeries for cancers. | * By fifties, development of bleeding control techniques, antibiotics, and blood transfusion made it possible to do advanced surgeries for cancers. | ||
* | * In 1917, Esser was the first to describe an axial pattern flap based on the temporal artery. 67,68 | ||
* In the latter half of this century, | * In the latter half of this century, a major initiative of the 1970s and 1980s was cytotoxic chemotherapy for patients who unfit for surgeries. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Tongue cancer historical perspective
- In 1831, Jaeger first described splitting the Cheek and Maisonneuve took matters by splitting both cheeks.
- 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 Bernard von Langenbeck, who in 1875 resected the ramus of the mandible in continuity with the primary tumour. 28
- By 1923, radiotherapy was used to treat neck metastases.
- By 1930s, Hayes Martin, a radiotherapist and general surgeon, at Memorial Hospital, New York, was the first to focuse on improving cure rates by treating the primary tumour with X-rays by the Coutard method supplemented with gold radium seeds.
- By 1928, V. P. Blair of St Louis was the first to advocate surgery as the best management for oral cancers.
- By fifties, development of bleeding control techniques, antibiotics, and blood transfusion made it possible to do advanced surgeries for cancers.
- In 1917, Esser was the first to describe an axial pattern flap based on the temporal artery. 67,68
- In the latter half of this century, a major initiative of the 1970s and 1980s was cytotoxic chemotherapy for patients who unfit for surgeries.