Abstract
This previously unreported Renaissance painting depicts a young woman with locally advanced breast cancer reaching out towards a healing potion in the church of Santa Maria della Grazia in Milan, that houses Leonardo da Vinci's Last supper. Today's potion may well contain neoadjuvant systemic therapy including trastuzumab that may allow breast conserving surgery and targeted intraoperative radiotherapy.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 102-103 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Breast |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2007 |
Keywords
- Breast Neoplasms
- Female
- History, 15th Century
- Humans
- Italy
- Medicine in Art
- Paintings