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Cancer Of The Breast And The Menopause

Smithers, D. W. 1952Breast cancer

SMITHERS D. W. (1952). Cancer of the breast and the menopause. The Journal of the Faculty of Radiologists. Faculty of Radiologists (Great Britain), 4(2), 89–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0368-2242(52)80027-2

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Abstract

Our data suggest that the estrogen-progestin regimen increases breast cancer risk beyond that associated with estrogen alone.

Case Details

Disease Location

Right breast with metastases to bone

Personal Characteristics

Female (no age specified); menopause in 1939; pains in back with ulcerations at time of publication

Clinical Characteristics

The patient noted a lump in 1937 on the right breast. She started homeopathy treatment.

Remission Characteristics

"just before the war" it had almost completely disappeared

Treatment & Mechanisms

Proposed Remission Mechanisms

Menopause

Non-Clinical Treatment

Homeopathy