Follicular thyroid cancer historical perspective

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]

In 1811, the first thyroid cancer case was reported. Thyroid cancer was first described by William Stewart Halsted, an American surgeon, in the late nineteenth century.

• Cancer of thyroid was the first ever described disease of thyroid.^[1]
• Thyroid cancer was first described by William Stewart Halsted.
• In 1951, head and neck irradiation demonstrated to cause thyroid cancer in children.

• In 1884, thyroidectomies were performed successfully for thyroid disorders.
• Theodore Kocher (1841 – 1917) was considered an expert in thyroidectomies in Switzerland.
• Charles Horace Mayo was considered as an expert in thyroidectomies in the United States.