title: The first pneumonectomies for lung cancer.
abstract: The year 1933 was remarkable in the history of lung surgery in that five surgeons, in five separate medical centres in the USA and Canada, performed the first, and successful, pneumonectomies for tumours of the lung.
authors.affiliation: University of London.
authors.forename: Harold
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000266:history*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000266:history*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States