TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Breast Surgery A1 - Merrill, Andrea A1 - Rai, Upahvan A1 - Specht, Michelle A2 - Mazer, Laura M. A2 - Lagisetty, Kiran A2 - Butler, Kathryn L. PY - 2017 T2 - Pocket Journal Club: Essential Articles in General Surgery AB - While breast cancer has been recognized as a disease process since the Egyptians described it in 3000 BC,1 treatment is generally thought to have originated with Dr. William Halsted. In 1894 with his publication “The Results of Operations for the Cure of Cancer of the Breast,”2 radical mastectomy (removal of the breast, muscle, and lymph nodes) was introduced as the mainstay of treatment for breast cancer. Halsted wrote, “I was led to adopt this procedure because, on microscopical examination, I repeatedly found when I had not expected it that the fascia was already carcinomatous, whereas the muscle was certainly not involved.” He then went on to say, “There are undoubtedly many surgeons still in active practice who have never cured a cancer of the breast.” SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1191194000 ER -