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CARCINOMA OF THE BREAST AT THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, 1918, 1919, 1920 - CANCER COMMISSION OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, REPRINT NO. 172 ( REPRINT FROM SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL, MARCH 1925 )
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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:
1925 Mar 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0017
Accession Number:
NV0702343
Originating Research Org.:
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2017 Dec 21
Description/Abstract:
THIS PAPER DISCUSSES BRIEFLY THE RESULTS OF THE TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER AT THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL BETWEEN AND THE YEARS 1918 AND 1920. THE RESULTS APPEAR TO SHOW THAT X-RAYS AS THEY WERE THEN GIVEN AT THAT HOSPITAL IN PROPHYLAXIS AGAINST RECURRENCE AFTER RADICAL OPERATION, WERE OF RELATIVELY LITTLE VALUE; AND THAT THE EARLIER THE DISEASE IS DISCOVERED AND THE MORE EXTENSIVE THE OPERATION FOR RADICAL CURE, THE BETTER THE RESULTS. A CERTAIN SMALL PROPORTION OF CASES OF BREAST CANCER ARE PROBABLY FROM THE BEGINNING OF SO MALIGNANT A TYPE THAT OUR PRESENT METHODS OF TREATMENT ARE QUITE INADEQUATE TO COPE WITH THEM. THIS PAPER STATES THAT THE MAJORITY OF CASES ARE MORE FAVORABLE AND CAN BE CURED IF ONLY THEY CAN BE DISCOVERED AND GIVEN RADICAL SURGICAL TREATMENT IN THE EARLY AND FAVORABLE STAGES OF THE DISEASE.