About Reginald Murley
Lived 1916 – 1997 (aged 81). Reginald Murley was a British surgeon.
Sir Reginald Sydney Murley (2 August 1916 – 2 October 1997) was a British surgeon who was President of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Reginald Murley was a breast cancer biological predeterminist, alongside Maurice Black and Neil McKinnon in the 1950s—recognizing that breast cancer is a systemic (not local) disease at the outset. Also a pioneer of breast conservation (vs radical mastectomy) in Britain, contemporary of George Crile Jr. [reference: ‘The Breast Cancer Wars’, Barron H Lerner MD, 2001].
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Who was Reginald Murley?
British surgeon (1916-1997)
When was Reginald Murley born?
Reginald Murley was born on 2 August 1916.
When did Reginald Murley die?
Reginald Murley died on 2 October 1997.
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Reginald Murley was a surgeon.
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Reginald Murley was British.
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