Eleanor Montague

Eleanor D. Montague (February 11, 1926 – November 9, 2018) was an American radiologist and educator who established breast-conserving therapy in the United States and improved radiation therapy techniques. She became a member of the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 1993.

Career Montague received a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Alabama

An award in her name, the Eleanor Montague Distinguished Resident Award in Radiation Oncology, was created by the American Association for Women Radiologists.

She was a member of the board of directors for the American Cancer Society of Therapeutic Radiologists and of the executive of the American Radium Society. Montague served on the National Breast Cancer Task Force and with the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project.

Publications Montague was a prolific scholar, publishing more than 100 articles during her career. A partial list of her publications: Montague, E. D. (1967). Current cancer concepts. radiation management of advanced breast cancer. JAMA : The Journal of the American Medical Association, 200(7), 612-612. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.200.7.612 Tapley, N. D., & Montague, E. D. (1976). Elective irradiation with the electron beam after mastectomy for breast cancer. American Journal of Roentgenology (1976), 126(1), 127. Libshitz, H. I., Montague, E. D., & Paulus, D. D. (1977). Calcifications and the therapeutically irradiated breast. American Journal of Roentgenology (1976), 128(6), 1021. Libshitz, H. I., Montague, E. D., & Paulus, J., D D. (1978). Skin thickness in the therapeutically irradiated breast. American Journal of Roentgenology (1976), 130(2), 345. Montague, E. D., & Fletcher, G. H. (1983). The need for every modality treatment to prevent catastrophic local and regional failures in advanced breast cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 9(3), 419. Montague, E. D. (1984). Conservation surgery and radiation therapy in the treatment of operable breast cancer. Cancer, 53(3 Suppl), 700. Montague, E. D., Ames, F. C., Schell, S. R., & Romsdahl, M. M. (1984). Conservation surgery and irradiation as an alternative to mastectomy in the treatment of clinically favorable breast cancer. Cancer, 54(11 Suppl), 2668. Montague, E. D. (1985). Radiation therapy and breast cancer. past, present, and future. American Journal of Clinical Oncology, 8(6), 455. Chen, K. K., Montague, E. D., & Oswald, M. J. (1985). Results of irradiation in the treatment of locoregional breast cancer recurrence. Cancer, 56(6), 1269. Matthews, R. H., McNeese, M. D., Montague, E. D., & Oswald, M. J. (1988). Prognostic implications of age in breast cancer patients treated with tumorectomy and irradiation or with mastectomy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 14(4), 659.

Awards

Janeway Medal by the American Radium Society in 1985 Gold Medal of the Radiological Society of North America in 1986 Marie Curie Recipient by the American Association for Women Radiologists in 1990 Gold Medal for Distinguished and Extraordinary Service to the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology in 1992 Alumna Award of Achievement by the Medical College of Pennsylvania Distinguished Service Award and the Outstanding Achievement Award by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Gilbert H. Fletcher Society Gold Medal for outstanding achievement in her field.