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Classics in brachytherapy: Margaret Cleaves introduces gynecologic brachytherapy.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Levine Cancer Center, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Brachytherapy (impact factor: 1.47). 6(4):293-7. DOI:10.1016/j.brachy.2007.08.009
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT Intracavitary treatment of gynecologic cancers has been the anchor of brachytherapy, and perhaps the greatest success of radiotherapy, for over a century. The woman who first performed the procedure was neither a surgeon nor radiologist, but an electrotherapeutist who began her career as an alienist. She pursued a prolific academic career despite being disabled by a disease that is no longer recognized. The fascinating life of Margaret Cleaves, the initiator of gynecologic brachytherapy, is recounted.

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Keywords

anchor
 
fascinating life
 
greatest success
 
Intracavitary treatment
 
Margaret Cleaves
 
prolific academic career
 
radiologist