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The Origin of Cancer Metastasis

2005· article· en· 380 citations· W1649084022 on OpenAlex· 10.3138/cbmh.22.2.353

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Abstract

Little was known about cancer in 1829. Cancer was regarded as scirrhous, encephaloid and melanotic hard, soft and black. Deep-seated cancer was almost inevitably fatal, as was breast cancer. Surgical treatment of breast cancer was ineffective, and often fatal. Post-operative infection was very common. Radical mastectomy was 30 years in the future, and in the 1880s had a mortality rate of 25% in the hands of Billroth; even by 1900, the “safe” radical mastectomy of Halsted had a three-year cure rate of 57%. In 1829, a French surgeon, J. C. A. Récamier, (1774–1852) in his book on cancer, gave the first clear reference to metastasis — “métastase.”

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The record

Venue
Canadian Journal of Health History
Topic
Metastasis and carcinoma case studies
Field
Medicine
Canadian institutions
Funders
Keywords
MedicineBreast cancerCancerRadical mastectomyMetastasisMastectomyCancer metastasisGeneral surgerySurgeryInternal medicine
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yes