抄録
Castration and adrenalectomy were performed on 34 cases of mammary cancer in whom metastasis took place. The results were as follows:
1) Out of thc 34 cases, one died from the operation, 2 died during the hospitalization, and 12 showed the objective improvement.
2) The operation was effective for the patients with the metastasis advanced into skin, the lymph gland and the bone.
3) The longer the time was before the relapse the more effective was the operation.
4) The effect was observed in patients with high urinary excretion of estrogens and 17-KS, and in estrogens-dependent cases.
5) Those who had responded well to the preceding ovariectomy also showed a favorable response to adrenalectomy.
6) Those on whom adrenalectomy was ineffective showed, in many cases, the urinary excretion of DHA and the release of MTH after the operation.
