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The breast as viewed by a gynecologist

✍ Scribed by Laman A. Gray

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1969
Tongue
English
Weight
391 KB
Volume
23
Category
Article
ISSN
0008-543X

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✦ Synopsis

I of cancer of the breast depends on early detection. This is true today as for many years; no new techniques have changed this situation. Unfortunately, even the smallest lesion may have metastasized beyond any surgical excision. Palliation by irradiation and chemotherapy, which includes suppression by various drugs and hormones, may prolong life, but this commonly occurring malignancy is cured only by its total excision. While the size of the growth may relate to the extent of metastases, this is not uniformly true.

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