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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Cancer of the breast and its treatment. 2nd ed.

Publication Details

London: John Murray, 1922 CE.

Sampson Handley advanced the theory that in mammary cancer metastasis is due to extension along lymphatic vessels – “lymphatic permeation” – and not to dissemination byway of the blood stream. The book was first published in 1906.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#5782
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/6833
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLcancer-of-the-breast-and-its-treatment-2nd-ed

Geographic Context

Publication place: London