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SMJ // Article

Case Report

SIMPLE OR RADICAL MASTECTOMY? AS ANALYSIS OF CASES

Authors: W. Ralph Deaton, Jr., M.D., H. H. Bradshaw, M.D.

Abstract

The statistics compiled from the cases of breast carcinoma seen at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital indicate that simple mastectomy with postoperative roentgenotherapy offers a better prognosis than radical mastectomy. Admittedly, this series of cases is quite small, but until larger series are available, the cumulative data from such small series must suffice for temporary evaluation of the McWhirter type of therapy.

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