Carcinoma of the Breast

THERE can be no doubt of the growing importance of breast cancer. This tumor stands unique as the commonest malignant tumor of middle-aged women, and the leading cause of death in white women in the United States, thirty-nine to fifty-four years of age. No single manifestation of cardiovascular or renal disease, no single infection and no complication of pregnancy or parturition takes such a toll of the mother in her prime.Twelve years ago, in an effort to improve the care of patients suffering from carcinoma of the breast, a group activity was established at this hospital, functioning as a . . .