Discovery in medicine--chance or science? The case of woodworkers' nasal cancer.
The relative roles of chance and scientific observation in medical discovery are discussed. The emergence of ethmoidal adenocarcinoma as an industrial disease among makers of wooden furniture in an English area is related. Regular monitoring clinics held in the factories are then justified.
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Meadow Close, Church Hanborough, Oxford, England.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004739:England; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000266:history; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014934:Wood