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PROFESSOR DRAGO VRBANIĆ – THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONCOLOGY IN RIJEKA

Predrag Pavlović ; retired Proffesor of Radiology, Rijeka University, School of Medicine, Rijeka, Croatia

Abstract

In Rijeka of the 1950s professor Drago Vrbanić was well-known as an excellent gynaecologist and surgeon, especially in the field of gynaecological malignant tumours. He headed the gynaecological and radiology departments of the Sobol Brothers General Hospital , and successfully applied several radiotherapy methods. Later in the 1960s, he introduced modern classification of tumours and multidisciplinary expertise in the diagnostics and treatment of
gynaecological cancers. He combined a variety of operation procedures and methods with modern radiotherapy, significantly improving the results of malignant tumour therapy.

Keywords

Drago Vrbanić; history of oncology; 20th century; Rijeka; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

106177

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/106177

Publication date:

15.6.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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