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Oral cancer historical perspective

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Hippocrates described the term “aphthae” in relation to the disorders of mouth in 370-460 B.C. By 1928, V. P. Blair of St. Louis was the first to advocate surgery as the best management for oral cancers. Cytotoxic chemotherapy was a major initiative in the 1970’s for the patients unfit for surgeries.

Oral cancer historical perspective

Oral cancer historical perspective

  • Between 370-460 B.C., in relation to disorders of the mouth the term “aphthae” was first used by Hippocrates.[1]
  • In 1838, the term melanoma was first proposed by Sir Robert Carswell, a British pathologist.[2]
  • In 1875, Bernard von Langenbeck respected the ramus of the mandible in continuity with the primary tumor.[3]
  • By 1928, V. P. Blair of St. Louis was the first to advocate surgery as the best management for oral cancers.
  • A major initiative of the 1970’s and 1980’s was cytotoxic chemotherapy for patients unfit for surgeries.
  • Verrucous carcinoma was first discovered in 1948 by Lauren V. Ackerman, an American physician.[4]
References

References

  1. ↑ Ship, Jonathan A. “Recurrent aphthous stomatitis: an update.” Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology 81.2 (1996): 141-147.
  2. ↑ Karamanou M, Liappas I, Stamboulis E, Lymperi M, Kyriakis K, Androutsos G (2012). “Sir Robert Carswell (1793-1857): coining the term “melanoma““. J BUON. 17 (2): 400–2. PMID 22740229.
  3. ↑ Alberti PW (1975). “Panel discussion: the historical development of laryngectomy. II. The evolution of laryngology and laryngectomy in the mid-19th century”. Laryngoscope. 85 (2): 288–98. doi:10.1288/00005537-197502000-00006. PMID 1089857.
  4. ↑ Lauren Ackerman. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Ackerman. Accessed on May 11, 2016

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