125 years of head and neck radiotherapy: could organ-sparing radiotherapy of larynx cancer have prevented World War I?
Thomas Baptist BrunnerHerbert WördehoffAhmed GawishUwe BuschPublished in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] (2022)
ORL radiotherapy came only eight years late to treat Frederick III who might have impeded World War I. This illustrates the potential impact of modern curative radiotherapy on the future course of public life beyond the personal fate of the patient himself.