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Title:
CANCER OF THE BREAST: END-RESULTS, MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, 1921, 1922 & 1923 - THE CANCER COMMISSION OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, REPRINT NO. 331 ( THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, VOL. 210 )
Author(s):
GREENOUGH, R B [HARVARD UNIVERSITY]; TAYLOR, G W [HARVARD UNIVERSITY]
Subject Terms:
HREX
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Publication Date:
1934 Apr 19
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0016
Accession Number:
NV0702342
Originating Research Org.:
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2017 Dec 21
Description/Abstract:
THIS PAPER PRESENTS THE END-RESULTS OF TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER CASES AT THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL COVERING ALL CASES WHICH ENTERED THE HOSPITAL FROM 1921 THROUGH 1923. IN COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS SERIES, THE PERCENTAGE OF FIVE-YEAR CURES HAS GRADUALLY INCREASED SINCE 1904. TWENTY-NINE PERCENT OF ALL CASES ENTERING THE HOSPITAL ARE FREE FROM DISEASE FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, AND 36 PERCENT OF THE CASES OF RADICAL OPERATION ARE FREE FROM DISEASE FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. THE HISTOLOGICAL GRADING OF THE DEGREE OF TUMOR MALIGNANCY IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE IN PROGNOSIS, BUT IT MUST BE CONSIDERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXTENT OF THE DISEASE AND WITH OTHER FACTORS AFFECTING THE PROGNOSIS. TUMORS PATHOLOGICALLY OF HIGH-GRADE MALIGNANCY METASTASIZE EARLY TO THE AXILLARY LYMPH NODES AND ELSEWHERE. PROPHYLACTIC X-RAY THERAPY WAS EMPLOYED ALMOST AS A ROUTINE IN THIS SERIES, AND THE IMPROVED RESULTS IN THE SERIES MAY BE IN PART DUE TO THIS TREATMENT.