Devitt J E, Hardwick J M
Am J Surg. 1979 May;137(5):629-33. doi: 10.1016/0002-9610(79)90036-9.
One hundred consecutive patients who underwent bilateral adrenalectomy for metastatic breast cancer with at least a 2 year "tumor-free" interval and with symptomatic bony, local-regional, pleural, or discrete pulmonary or mediastinal metastases had objective remission rates of 65 per cent at 6 months, 48 per cent at 12 months, 28 per cent at 18 months, and 16 per cent at 24 months.
一百例因转移性乳腺癌接受双侧肾上腺切除术的患者，这些患者至少有2年的“无瘤”间期，且有症状性骨、局部区域、胸膜或孤立性肺或纵隔转移，其6个月时的客观缓解率为65%，12个月时为48%，18个月时为28%，24个月时为16%。
