ABSTRACT
This paper describes 171 cases treated by excision of the primary tumor, with radium needles being inserted into the breast, the axilla, and supraclavicular fossa. The cases were ‘staged’ as class one (no glands palpable), class two (glands palpable), and class three (inoperable). Of those treated 3 or more years earlier, 77.7% of class one were alive, 36.3% of class two, and 46.1% of class three. This was compared favorably with a similar group of patients treated at University College Hospital, London by classic radical mastectomy.
