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Maria Dąbska (2012)

Maria Dąbska

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Maria Dąbska, originally known as Maria Magdalena Suchy, PhD, MD, was a professor and physician who specialized in oncological pathomorphology.[1] She was Polish and took part in the Underground Independence Movement during the Warsaw Uprising, prior to becoming a physician.[2] When the war ended, Dąbska began her medical studies, taking an interest in oncology and pathology.[2] She studied and worked under multiple professors and physicians throughout her career.[1] Dąbska conducted research on breast cancer, sweat gland tumors, cervical cancer, soft tissue sarcomas, in addition to other oncological disorders.[1] The Dąbska tumor is a medical eponym named after her in her honor.[2] Maria Dąbska passed away on July 20, 2014.[2]

Early Life

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Maria Dąbska was born in Brodnica, Poland on July 20, 1921.[2] She was part of the Underground Independence Movement in Warsaw during World War II and fought in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 while being part of the Polish Home Army.[1] Dąbska and her mother were captured and taken as civilians to Stalag VI-C Oberlangen—a German internment camp—until the war ended.[1] While studying and practicing medicine, she married Krzysztof Dąbski in 1953.[1] Upon marrying her husband, she changed her last name from Suchy to Dąbska.[1] In 1954, she gave birth to her only child, Krzysztof Dąbski, Jr.[1]

Career and Schooling

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After World War II ended in 1945, Dąbska returned to Poland and enrolled at the Medical University of Gdańsk to begin her medical studies.[2] She began by studying under Professor Wilhelm Czarnocki in Gdansk.[2] She then went on to work with Professor Józef Laskowski—Institute Director and Chief of Pathology—at the Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology.[1] In 1957, she was sent to work alongside Rupert Alan Willis, a prominent oncologic pathologist, at the University of Leeds.[2] In the year 1960, Dąbska worked at the Department of Cancer Pathology at the Institute of Oncology in Warsaw, with Laskowski; she had specialized in oncological histopathology.[1] Later on, Dąbska began to work at the Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, alongside Professor Philip Lieberman.[1] In 1969, she published one of her internationally acclaimed journal articles: “Malignant Endovascular Papillary Angioendothelioma of the Skin in Childhood”.[1] From 1970 to 1982, Dąbska became Chief of Pathology at the Department of Cancer Pathology in Warsaw, continued her research on tumor pathology, and published a series on soft tissue and bone tumors.[1] During this time, she also taught postgraduate courses in oncologic pathology in Poland.[1] From 1982 to 1988, she worked at the Jung-Stilling Academic Teaching Hospital at the University of Bonn in Siegen, alongside Professor Gunther Schimmer; these were her final years of practice.[1]

Accomplishments

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Maria Dąbska contributed to the expansion of the Department of Tumor Pathology at the Institute of Oncology in Warsaw.[2] Dąbska also became Chief of Pathology at the Department of Cancer Pathology.[1] In 1969, she was offered a prestigious position at the World Health Organization in Indonesia, but she turned it down to remain in Warsaw.[1] She also published highly acclaimed publications based on her extensive research on tumors; Dąbska introduced the term parachordoma, characterized dermal lesions, and published a small series on soft tissue and bone tumors.[2] Part of her research pertained to a study on 52 cases in which a tumor was undiagnosed or misdiagnosed at the Institute of Oncology in Warsaw; this tumor was named “the Dąbska tumor” in her honor.[2] In the year 2012, Maria Dąbska was awarded the Krzyżem Komandorskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski for her achievements in research, teaching, and medicine.[1] She is said to be the only woman among Polish pathomorphologists to become prominent in the history of medicine.[2]

Publications

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  • Dąbska M, Polachowski K. Ten Years Observation on Preinvasive Carcinoma of the Cervix Uteri. Acta Unio Int Contra Cancrum. 1963;19:1386-1387.[1]
  • Dabska M. Rogowiak Kolczastokomórkowy [Keratoacanthoma]. Wiad Lek. 1965;18(15):1249-1250.[1]
  • Dąbska M, Buraczewski J. Aneurysmal Bone Cyst. Pathology, Clinical Course and Radiologic Appearances. Cancer. 1969;23(2):371-389.[1]
  • Dąbska M. Malignant Endovascular Papillary Angioendothelioma of the Skin in Childhood. Clinicopathologic Study of 6 Cases. Cancer. 1969;24(3):503-510 [Dąbska Tumor][1]
  • Dabska M, Meyza J, Nowacki M. Sarcoma Aponeuraticum (Miesak Rozciegna) [Sarcoma Aponeuroticum (Sarcoma of the Aponeurosis)]. Pol Tyg Lek. 1973;28(3):99-102.[1]
  • Dabska M. Parachordoma. A New Clinicopathologic Entity. Cancer 1977;40:1582-92[1]
  • Dabska M. Miesak kościotwórczy I Jego “Maski” Morfologiczne [Osteogenic Sarcoma and its Morphological “Masks”]. Nowotwory. 1979;Suppl:35-46.[1]
  • Sieiński W, Dabska M. Miesaki Kościotwórcze W Materiale Zakładu Patologii Nowotworów Instytutu Onkologii W Warszawie W Latach 1948-1977 [Osteogenic Sarcoma According to the Materials of the Department of Pathology of the Warsaw Oncological Institute for the Years 1948-1977]. Nowotwory. 1979; Suppl:47-52.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Maria Dąbska • LITFL • Medical Eponym Library". Life in the Fast Lane • LITFL. 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "In memoriam Professor Maria Dąbska (20.07.1921 – 20.07.2014) - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. Retrieved 2021-04-18.