"Hormone therapy treats the entire body and has the fewest side effects," Tseng asserts. This treatment can be traced back to 1896, when Dr. George Beatson of Scotland reported how he had treated three patients with recurrent breast cancer by removing their ovaries. Their conditions improved markedly, but Beatson was relying mainly on his own instincts and experience as the concept of hormones did not yet exist.
「荷爾蒙治療具有全身療效、並且副作用最少，」曾令民指出，早在一百多年前（1896 年）就有相關的醫學報告，英國的 Beatson 醫師在著名的 The Lancet 期刊發表以切除卵巢的方式，治療 3 位復發性乳癌的患者，效果顯著，只是當時並沒有荷爾蒙的觀念，完全憑經驗摸索。