Eleanor D Montague was an American radiologist and educator who established breast-conserving therapy in the United States and improved radiation therapy techniques.
14 Facts About Eleanor Montague
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Eleanor Montague became a member of the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Eleanor Montague's family moved to Eastern Pennsylvania when she was in elementary school, where she remained until graduating valedictorian of her high school class.
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Eleanor Montague met her husband, Meredith "Monty" Montague III, while working in the emergency room at Kings County Hospital Center; she overheard him saying that he would never marry a woman doctor.
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Eleanor Montague worked in Japan for two years while her husband was stationed at a MASH unit there.
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Eleanor Montague completed her residency in radiology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.
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In 1959, Eleanor Montague joined the radiotherapy department at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center under an American Cancer Society fellowship.
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Eleanor Montague was employed at MD Anderson from 1961 to 1983.
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Eleanor Montague was a pioneer in breast cancer research and treatment.
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Eleanor Montague instead advocated for lumpectomy, a more moderate surgery, combined with radiation therapy to preserve breast function and appearance for patients with early-stage breast cancer.
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Eleanor Montague pioneered new radiation therapy techniques and approaches for patients with advanced breast cancer, paved the way for chemotherapy to become part of a multimodal treatment approach, and criticised the ongoing use of radical mastectomy.
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An award in her name, the Eleanor Montague Distinguished Resident Award in Radiation Oncology, was created by the American Association for Women Radiologists.
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Eleanor Montague served on the National Breast Cancer Task Force and with the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project.
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Eleanor Montague was a prolific scholar, publishing more than 100 articles during her career.