I patients with operable breast cancer, is it wise to perform prophylactic castration as an adjunct to mastectomy or is it wiser to perform therapeutic castration at a later date, if needed, for the treatment of metastasesP This is, indeed, the physician's dilemma! Is the wisdom of prophylactic cast
Efficacy of current treatment methods in cancer of the breast
โ Scribed by Sidney J. Cutler; Herman W. Heise
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1969
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 441 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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