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A history of prostate cancer treatment
Abstract
The increased incidence of prostate cancer has led to remarkable changes in diagnosis and treatment over the past century. What were the first ways in which prostate cancer was treated, and how did these evolve into the variety of therapeutic strategies from which patients have to choose today?
In 1853, J. Adams, a surgeon at The London Hospital, described the first case of prostate cancer, which he discovered by histological examination1. Adams noted in his report that this condition was “a very rare disease”. Remarkably, 150 years later, prostate cancer has become a significant health problem. In the United States, it is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men, with 180,000 new cases and about 31,000 deaths occurring annually2. This dramatic increase in the number of prostate cancer cases can be attributed to several causes. First, prostate cancer was not differentiated from other types of urinary obstruction until the early 1900s. Second, the incidence of prostate cancer increases more rapidly with age than any other cancer type2. The number of cases has risen as the average life expectancy has increased over the past century. Third, the increased incidence seems to be, in some way, related to the ‘Western’ lifesty
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‘Everybody was happy — except overcast GI tract’
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A scientific road not taken
As told by Robert S. Langer
My career has not been straightforward. In a way, I followed Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken.” Although I am a chemical engineer and I’m proud of that, I took a path from chemical engineering to nanotechnology to biology and medicine. This was very unusual many decades ago. In so doing, I met with rejection and ridicule early in my career. However, by going down that path I was able to make discoveries that I hope have saved and improved lives and I’ve been able to train a great number of people who are going down the road I began traveling over 50 years ago.
My early years
I was born on August 29th, 1948 at Albany Medical Center and grew up in Albany, New York. My father, Robert, ran a small liquor store. He worked very hard. But when he came home, he would play math games with me. My mother, Mary, was a homemaker. She took care of my sister, Kathy, and I. My mother worried a lot, but she was one of the nicest people you could ever meet. I hope some of that rubbed off on me.
Among the gifts my parents got me when I was between the ages of 10 and 13 were Erector, Microscope, and Chemistry sets. I loved these sets. I would make robots and rocket launchers with the Erector set, watch shrimp hatch with the