RT Journal
A1 Ultmann JE
T1 MAjor endocrine surgery for the treatment of cancer of the breast in advanced stages.
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1969
FD April 1
VO 123
IS 4
SP 476
OP 476
DO 10.1001/archinte.1969.00300140122037
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1969.00300140122037
AB One hundred seventeen experts have contributed to a review of the present status of endocrine surgery in the management of advanced cancer of the breast. The present volume is the result of a meeting held in Lyon, France, May 5 to 7, 1966. Introduced by Huggins and opened with a paper by Dao, the symposium volume brings together the results obtained in a number of medical centers with adrenalectomies, adrenal-splenic transplantation, and surgical and radioactive hypophysectomies. In addition, sections are devoted to fundamental biological studies and a comparison of medical and surgical techniques for the control of breast cancer.In over 2,600 bilateral adrenalectomies, objective responses were obtained in 15% to 38% of cases, with an operative mortality of 2.7% to 4%. In more than 1,500 hypophysectomies, objective improvement occurred in 19% to 38% of cases, with an operative mortality of up to 6%. The variability of response emphasizes the