Theories on the Treatment of Breast Cancer and Observations on Its Natural Course

Host‐tumor Antagonism. Xi. Recapitulation of Various Aspects: Practical Applications of This Knowledge to the Care of Patients†

“…Cancer cell emboli do travel along lymph vessels to lymph nodes adjacent to the cancer, but they often travel far beyond this point. Gatch and Culbertson (43) demonstrated microscopic foci of cancer in axillary fat that had been pronounced free of cancer by careful inspection and palpation. They also found microscopic cancer in a number of breasts removed because of benign lesions.…”

Antibodies elicited by cancer in patients

“…The occasional rapid growth and dissemination of a cancer injudiciously exposed to too much ionizing radiation is a function of the impaired normal tissues. 6 The self-healing epitheliomas are rare but are a nonetheless important demonstration of tlie effectiveness of host r~s i s t a n c e .~~ The wide fluctuation in growth rate of malignant tumors under varying circumstances in the same individual is much more likely to arise from alterations in the patient's resistance than from fluctuations in the virulence of the tumor. Spontaneous regression of malignant neoplasms is authentically and repeatedly recorded.…”

Is Carcinoma of the Prostate Less Serious in Older Men?

“…This tendency is not unique with the prostate. Tumors of the kidney, thyroid, lung, and perhaps breast, cervix and stomach, occasionally have been noted to remain asymptomatic but histologically malignant tumors (7). The tendency toward latency is more pronounced with carcinoma of the prostate than with any other tumor, however.…”