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First PEI treatment; official birth of the field of Interventional Oncology Davalos publishes mathematical analysis on IRE for tissue ablation Surgeon John Hunter describes how to operate on cancer Hippocrates develops the theory of black bile as cause for cancer Emil Grubbe performs first radiation treatment Sidney Farber achieves the first remission with chemotherapy in a child with leukemia First cryoablation treatment First microwave treatment of hepatic tumor 11 Theodor Billroth performs first esophagectomy, laryngectomy, and gastrectomy G.W. Fuller writes a report on the bactericidal effect of electrical pulses on water First HIFU treatment First description of cancer found in Egyptian manuscripts Andreas Vesalius writes 'de humari corporis fabrica' and dispels the theory of black bile Invention of chemotherapy after German air raid in Bari in WW II First elective hepatic resection based on Couinaud's segmental anatomy First RFA treatment of hepatic tumor First IRE procedure performed on humans The oldest descriptions of cancer can be found in ancient manuscripts. Fossilized bone tumors and the records of Egyptian mummies provide material evidence. The oldest known account of cancer dates from approximately 3,000-2,500 B.C. It is possibly attributable to Imhotep, an Egyptian physician and architect. The papyrus describes eight cases of tumors or ulcers of the breast, which ancient physicians treated by cauterizing with a tool called the 'fire drill'. The papyrus continues the narrative by stating that " there is no effective treatment ". 1 Twelve centuries later, these tumors obtained their modern name – cancer. The word cancer is credited to the Greek physician Hippocrates (Kos, Greece, 460-370 B.C.). Considered the 'father of medicine' , Hippocrates employed the words 'carcinos' and 'carcinoma' in his descriptions of non-ulcer forming and ulcer forming tumors. Carcinos refers to the familiar zodiac sign Cancer, the Crab. The Greeks used this term because of the tendril-like projections. Hippocrates believed that both cancer and depression developed when the four 'humors' or bodily fluids – black bile, yellow bile, phlegm and blood – fell out of balance with one another, allowing black bile to collect in excess in whichever part of the body the cancer affected. From Hippocrates onward, the humoral theory was adopted by the prominent Greek physicist Claudius Galenus in the second century A.D., and by Roman and Persian physicians. This theory`dominated and influenced Western medical science for the next 1300 years. 2 The next great wave in cancer scholarship and understanding came with …