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Principles of Surgical Oncology

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Surgery remains the most effective and the only curative treatment for the majority of cancer patients with solid tumors. The earliest accounts of surgical treatment of tumors are found in the Papyrus dating back to 1600 BC [1]. In the modern era, McDowell performed the first elective abdominal tumor resection of a 22-lb ovarian mass in 1809. However, it was not until the mid-19th century, with the use of anesthesia (Warren 1846) and the introduction of antisepsis (Lister 1867), that elective surgical techniques for the treatment of cancer became much more acceptable. Rapid developments in the field by Billroth (esophagectomy, 1872; laryngectomy, 1873; gastrectomy, 1881), Kocher (thyroidectomy, 1876),Halsted (radical mastectomy, 1890) and others soon followed [2].

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Park, J.O., Posner, M.C. (2003). Principles of Surgical Oncology. In: Vokes, E.E., Golomb, H.M. (eds) Oncologic Therapies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55780-4_1

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