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Ovariectomy, adrenalectomy, and hypophysectomy are surgical interventions, constituting a stress to the patient at least by anaesthesia. This stress must be taken seriously, since normally the patients involved have already developed distant metastases and are consequently considerably weakened. Up to now, the above-mentioned methods have generally been used nonselectively in the treatment of advanced breast cancer, resulting in remission rates of about 30%.
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Henningsen, B. (1980). Anti-Oestrogens: An Alternative to Ablative Endocrine Therapy?. In: Henningsen, B., Linder, F., Steichele, C. (eds) Endocrine Treatment of Breast Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research / Fortschritte der Krebsforschung / Progrès dans les recherches sur le cancer, vol 71. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81406-8_17
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