Bernard Fisher
Bernard Fisher · Science & Medicine
Surgeon who transformed breast cancer treatment by showing that less-radical surgery is equally effective.
1918, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States — 2019, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
United States
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Bernard Fisher was a surgeon and cancer researcher who transformed breast cancer treatment by proving through large randomized clinical trials that breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy) plus radiation could be as effective as radical mastectomy. His work established the modern evidence-based, less-mutilating approach to the disease. He was born to Jewish immigrant parents in Pittsburgh.
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Surgeon who transformed breast cancer treatment by showing that less-radical surgery is equally effective.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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