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14 entries match Oncology & Cancer [C04] · Chemistry & Biochemistry [K01.900.200]

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1832

#3762

On some morbid appearances of the absorbent glands and spleen.

HODGKIN, Thomas (1798 – 1866)
HODGKIN, Thomas (1798 – 1866)

First full description of lymphadenoma, which Wilks in 1865 referred to as “Hodgkin’s disease”. This is more typically designated as Hodgkin's lymphoma. In 1666 Malpighi had vaguely outlined the condition. Hodgkin was…

1856

#3764

Cases of a peculiar enlargement of the lymphatic glands frequently associated with disease of the spleen.

WILKS, Sir Samuel (1824 – 1911)
WILKS, Sir Samuel (1824 – 1911)

Wilks really put Hodgkin’s disease “on the map”; the second paper for the first time attached Hodgkin’s name to the disease

1872

#3767

Das maligne Lymphosarkom (Pseudoleukämie).

LANGHANS, Theodor (1839 – 1915)
LANGHANS, Theodor (1839 – 1915)

Langhans noted the presence of giant cells in the lesions of Hodgkin’s disease.

1878

#3768

Specimens illustrative of the pathology of lymphadenoma and leucocythemia

GREENFIELD, William Smith (1846 – 1919)
GREENFIELD, William Smith (1846 – 1919)

Greenfield also drew attention to the giant cells in lymphadenoma, which later became known as “Dorothy Reed’s giant cells” (see No. 3780).

1892

#3772

Clinical lecture on acute Hodgkin’s disease

DRESCHFELD, Julius (1845 – 1907)
DRESCHFELD, Julius (1845 – 1907)

Dreschfeld preceded Kundrat in differentiating Hodgkin’s disease and lymphosarcoma.

1893

#2623

Ueber Lympho-Sarkomatosis.

KUNDRAT, Hans (1845 – 1893)
KUNDRAT, Hans (1845 – 1893)

Kundrat separated lymphosarcoma (“Kundrat’s disease”) from other malignant tumors involving the lymphatic system.

1897

#3775

Lymphosarkom (Lymphosarkomatose, Pseudoleukämie, Myelom, Chlorom).

PALTAUF, Richard (1858 – 1924)
PALTAUF, Richard (1858 – 1924)

“Paltauf-Sternberg disease” (see also No. 3776). On the European Continent the name “Hodgkin-Paltauf-Sternberg disease” is in use.

1898

#2003

Sur une substance nouvelle radio-active, contenue dans la pechblende.

CURIE, Pierre (1859 – 1906)
CURIE, Pierre (1859 – 1906)
CURIE, Marie Sklodowska (1867 – 1934)
CURIE, Marie Sklodowska (1867 – 1934)

The Curies, studying the radioactivity of minerals containing uranium and thorium, isolated from pitchblend a substance which they called radium and which they showed to possess an astonishing degree of radioactivity.…

1898

#3776

Ueber eine eigenartige, unter dem Bilde der Pseudoleukämie verlaufende Tuberkulose des lymphatischen Apparates.

STERNBERG, Carl (1872 – 1935)

In his classic description of lymphadenoma, Sternberg separated it from aleukemic leukemia, with which it had hitherto been included.

1939

#3787.2

Radiotherapy in Hodgkin’s disease (malignant granulomatosis). Anatomic and clinical foundations; governing principles; results.

GILBERT, René

Gilbert was among the first to achieve durable responses to radiotherapy in Hodgkin’s disease.

1945

#2659.4

The synchrotron: a proposed high energy particle accelerator.

MCMILLAN, Edwin Mattison (1907 – 1991)
MCMILLAN, Edwin Mattison (1907 – 1991)

In 1951 McMillan shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Glenn Theodore Seaborg "for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements."

1946

#3788

The biological actions and therapeutic applications of the ß-chloroethyl amines and sulfides.

GILMAN, Alfred Zack (1908 – 1984)
GILMAN, Alfred Zack (1908 – 1984) PHILLIPS, Frederick Stanley (1916 – )

Introduction of nitrogen mustard in treatment of Hodgkin’s disease

1950

#3788.1

Triethylene melamine in the treatment of Hodgkin’s disease and allied neoplasms

RHOADS, Cornelius Packard (1898 – 1959) & et al.

With D. A. Karnofsky, J. H. Burchenal, and L. F. Craver.

1963

#2660.16

The Vinca alkaloids: a new class of oncolytic agents.

JOHNSON, Irving Stanley (1925 – 2014) & et al.

Clinical use of vinblastine (for Hodgkin’s disease and other lymphomas) and vincristine (for acute leukemias of childhood). With J. G. Armstrong, M. Gorman, and J. P. Burnett. Preliminary communication in J. Lab. clin…