Abstract
Few will find fault with recent statement of Burnet3that the understanding and control of cancer is most urgent problem in medicine today. Yet it is discouraging to realize that over 50 years have elapsed since first exciting experimental discovery that it was possible to transplant a mammary tumor from one animal to another. Although patient with breast cancer is assured of receiving treatment which combines cumulative experience of over half a century, both in surgery and in radiotherapy, nonetheless, in many instances patient's survival is brief despite best efforts of most skilled surgeon. Ultimately problem must be solved by continual pooling of knowledge from both clinical and biological fields. As an organ prone to cyclic changes and to enlargement on physiological demand, breast is endowed with a copious blood supply, derived from subclavian and axillary vessels.
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