CARCINOMA OF THE BREAST

19 January 1929

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA

Vol. 92 (3) , 208-213
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02700290018005

Abstract

I recently reviewed the cases of carcinoma of the breast in which radical amputation has been performed at the Mayo Clinic between 1910 and 1923. These cases were studied to determine the results of such treatment in the various groups and to compare the results when only operation was performed with the results when the operation was followed by roentgen-ray treatment. The principles of the operative procedure for malignancy of the mammary gland have been fairly well standardized, but the technic varies with the individual surgeon. The development of the present surgical conception began early in 1860, when Moore¹recognized that carcinoma of the breast might be a local disease. He is given credit for advancing the principles in 1867 on which the modern operation is based. According to Sheild²(1898), he "correctly estimated the method of spread of the disease and actually described the complete operation now

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