Cancer that originates in the mammary gland

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A giant claw pierces the breast of a sleeping naked woman, another naked woman swoops down and stabs the claw with a knife; representing the surgical treatment of breast cancer. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

Surgical instruments used, and operations successfully carried out, by an English travelling operator claiming royal patronage. Line engraving, 16--.

Mrs Broadbent, afflicted with breast cancer. Watercolour, 1840.

Mastectomy. Drawing attributed to a Dutch artist, 17th century.

Jo Spence in a hospice bed.

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First day issue stamps about breast cancer in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Posta Kenya, 2007.

Miss Mosley, afflicted with breast cancer: detail of the cancer. Oil painting, 1828.

Breast cancer: the tenaculum of Helvetius and another surgical instrument for mastectomy. Etching by F. Sesone, 1749, after L. Heister.

Remarks and practical results of observation on scirrhus and cancer / by Antonio Scarpa ; tr. from the Italian, with an appendix containing an account of a sanguineous tumor of the breast, and some annotations on the text, by James Briggs.

Secondary invasion of the adrenal in a 65-year old woman with breast cancer: microscopic view of metastases. Watercolour by Barbara E. Nicholson, 1956.

Breast cancer : sharing the decision / edited by Anna M. Maslin, with Trevor J. Powles.

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Mammary glands - Cancer

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Images about Mammary glands - Cancer

Works from the collections

Breast cancer: the tenaculum of Helvetius and another surgical instrument for mastectomy. Etching by F. Sesone, 1749, after L. Heister.

Remarks and practical results of observation on scirrhus and cancer / by Antonio Scarpa ; tr. from the Italian, with an appendix containing an account of a sanguineous tumor of the breast, and some annotations on the text, by James Briggs.

Jo Spence in a hospice bed.

Secondary invasion of the adrenal in a 65-year old woman with breast cancer: microscopic view of metastases. Watercolour by Barbara E. Nicholson, 1956.

Breast cancer : sharing the decision / edited by Anna M. Maslin, with Trevor J. Powles.

Mammary glands - Cancer

Images from the collections

Images about Mammary glands - Cancer

Works from the collections

Breast cancer: the tenaculum of Helvetius and another surgical instrument for mastectomy. Etching by F. Sesone, 1749, after L. Heister.

Remarks and practical results of observation on scirrhus and cancer / by Antonio Scarpa ; tr. from the Italian, with an appendix containing an account of a sanguineous tumor of the breast, and some annotations on the text, by James Briggs.

Jo Spence in a hospice bed.

Secondary invasion of the adrenal in a 65-year old woman with breast cancer: microscopic view of metastases. Watercolour by Barbara E. Nicholson, 1956.

Breast cancer : sharing the decision / edited by Anna M. Maslin, with Trevor J. Powles.

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