Follicular thyroid cancer historical perspective

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.