Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3977424 | Brachytherapy | 2007 | 5 Pages |
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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Authors
Jesse N. Aronowitz, Shoshana V. Aronowitz, Roger F. Robison,