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Radiation Therapy for Retinoblastoma, 1957

Gordon Isaacs, the first patient treated with the linear accelerator (radiation therapy) for retinoblastoma in 1957. Gordon's right eye was removed January 11, 1957 because the cancer had spread. His left eye, however, had only a localized tumor that prompted Henry Kaplan to try to treat it with the electron beam. Gordon is now living in the East Bay, and his vision in the left eye is normal. Henry Seymour Kaplan (April 24, 1918 - February 4, 1984) was an American radiologist. He earned his degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago, after which he trained at the University of Minnesota, Yale University and the National Cancer Institute. Together with Edward Ginzton, he invented the first medical linear accelerator in the Western hemisphere while he worked at the Stanford University Medical Center. His main focus was on Hodgkin's disease, which was fatal before radiation therapy was used. In 1969, he became the first physician credited with the Atoms for Peace Prize. He was the first radiologist elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1972. He died in 1984 at the age of 65 after a five month battle against lung cancer. Stanford University photograph, 1957.

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Radiation Therapy for Retinoblastoma, 1957

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Traducción automática: EspañolGordon Isaacs, el primer paciente tratado con el acelerador lineal (radioterapia) para el retinoblastoma en 1957. El ojo derecho de Gordon fue extirpado el 11 de enero de 1957 porque el cáncer se había extendido. Sin embargo, su ojo izquierdo solo tenía un tumor localizado que impulsó a Henry Kaplan a intentar tratarlo con el haz de electrones. Gordon vive ahora en East Bay y su visión en el ojo izquierdo es normal. Henry Seymour Kaplan (24 de abril de 1918 - 4 de febrero de 1984) fue un radiólogo estadounidense. Obtuvo su título en el Rush Medical College de Chicago, después de lo cual se formó en la Universidad de Minnesota, la Universidad de Yale y el Instituto Nacional del Cáncer. Junto con Edward Ginzton, inventó el primer acelerador lineal médico en el hemisferio occidental mientras trabajaba en el Centro Médico de la Universidad de Stanford. Su principal enfoque fue el tratamiento de la enfermedad de Hodgkin, que era mortal antes de que se utilizara la radioterapia. En 1969, se convirtió en el primer médico en recibir el Premio Átomos para la Paz. Fue el primer radiólogo elegido miembro de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en 1972. Murió en 1984 a la edad de 65 años después de una batalla de cinco meses contra el cáncer de pulmón. Fotografía de la Universidad de Stanford, 1957

Gordon Isaacs, the first patient treated with the linear accelerator (radiation therapy) for retinoblastoma in 1957. Gordon's right eye was removed January 11, 1957 because the cancer had spread. His left eye, however, had only a localized tumor that prompted Henry Kaplan to try to treat it with the electron beam. Gordon is now living in the East Bay, and his vision in the left eye is normal. Henry Seymour Kaplan (April 24, 1918 - February 4, 1984) was an American radiologist. He earned his degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago, after which he trained at the University of Minnesota, Yale University and the National Cancer Institute. Together with Edward Ginzton, he invented the first medical linear accelerator in the Western hemisphere while he worked at the Stanford University Medical Center. His main focus was on Hodgkin's disease, which was fatal before radiation therapy was used. In 1969, he became the first physician credited with the Atoms for Peace Prize. He was the first radiologist elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1972. He died in 1984 at the age of 65 after a five month battle against lung cancer. Stanford University photograph, 1957.

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1950S • ACONTECIMIENTO • AMERICANO • BLANCO Y NEGRO • CHICO • CIENCIA • CIENTIFICO • ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA • ESTADOS UNIDOS • FAMOSO • FOTO • FOTOGRAFIA • HISTORIA • HISTORICO • INVESTIGACION • MEDICINA • MEDICINAL • NINO • NIÑO • PACIENTE • SIGLO XX