Prophylactic versus therapeutic castration in the total treatment of breast cancer
โ Scribed by Edward F. Lewison
- Book ID
- 115066700
- Publisher
- American Cancer Society
- Year
- 1964
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 586 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-9235
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H growth of breast cancer. The pituitary, adrenals, ovaries, and testes have all been implicated. In the female, the oldest historical factor relates to the ovaries. In 1889, Schin-zinger19 suggested that since breast cancer seemed to be worse in younger women, they should be made older by removing
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