100 years of the endocrine battle against breast cancer

One hundred years ago Sir George Beatson proposed that the endocrine system played a role in breast cancer. His observations laid the foundations for current understanding of the endocrine aspects of breast-cancer promotion, selection of patients for endocrine therapy and current approaches to endoc...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 1996-06, Vol.347 (9018), p.1780-1781
1. Verfasser:	Leake, Robin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Beatson Beatson, George Breast cancer Breast Neoplasms - history Breast Neoplasms - therapy Endocrine system Female G T Beatson History History of medicine History, 19th Century Humans Ovariectomy - history Physicians
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Zusammenfassung:	One hundred years ago Sir George Beatson proposed that the endocrine system played a role in breast cancer. His observations laid the foundations for current understanding of the endocrine aspects of breast-cancer promotion, selection of patients for endocrine therapy and current approaches to endocrine therapy.
ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(96)91612-8