Their successful work was carried on by William Stewart Halsted who started performing radical mastectomies in 1882, helped greatly by advances in general surgical technology, such as aseptic technique and anesthesia.
O seu traballo foi continuado William Stewart Halsted, que comexou a realizar mastectomías radicais en 1882, apoiado polo progreso na tecnoloxía de cirurxía, como a asepsia e a anestesia.