Thiotepa in Carcinoma of Breast Treated by Bilateral Adrenalectomy and Oophorectomy

Bilateral adrenalectomy for advanced carcinoma of the breast.

Studies on Urinary Estrogens in Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer in Reference to Oophorectomy and Adrenalectomy.

Urinary three estrogens (estrone, estradiol-17 [3 and estriol) in patients with advanced breast cancer before and after oophorectomy and adrenalectomy were chemically determined in an attempt to evaluate response of cancer to the surgery and its subsequent relapse. Results are as follows: 1. The existence of adrenal estrogens was evidenced indirectly in control subjects. 2. The high levels of p...

Bilateral oophorectomy in relation to risk of postmenopausal breast cancer: confounding by nonmalignant indications for surgery?

Bilateral oophorectomy is often performed during hysterectomy for benign conditions and can reduce breast cancer risk by 20%-50% when performed at younger ages. Accuracy of estimating the decrease in breast cancer risk associated with bilateral oophorectomy could be affected by common conditions that lead to surgery, such as uterine fibroids or endometriosis. The authors examined the potential ...

Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site Surgery of Concomitant Left Adrenalectomy, Left Nephroureterectomy, and Bilateral Partial Oophorectomy in a Woman

Aim: We reported one case who received laparo-endoscopic single site (LESS) surgery for the left adrenal gland, left kidney, and bilateral ovarian cysts. Method: The patient was a 43 year-old female who had a left adrenal tumor, atrophic left kidney with severe hydronephrosis, and bilateral ovarian cysts. We placed a LESS device with 4 working ports through a para-umbilical wound of 3 cm in len...

Comparison of surgical adrenalectomy to medical adrenalectomy in patients with metastatic carcinoma of the breast.

Surgical adrenalectomy has been an accepted endocrineablative procedure that is often used in postmenopausal pa tients with metastatic carcinoma of the breast. The operation, however, has a fixed mortality and an appreciable morbidity. Adrenalectomy also increases the susceptibility of the patient to the stress of subsequent disease progression and its treat ment with chemotherapy and X-ray the...