Breast metastases as the first sign of recurrence of a cutaneous melanoma.

Autor: Sampedro Gimeno T; Oncología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain., Moreno Antón F, López-Tarruella Cobo S, González Larriba JL, Furio Bacete V, Díaz-Rubio García E
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico [Clin Transl Oncol] 2006 Jan; Vol. 8 (1), pp. 57-9.
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-006-0097-6
Abstrakt: Malignant melanoma is the most rapidly increasing cancer in the world. Metastatic disease occurs in 20% of patients, and prognosis in these cases is poor. We report the case of a woman who presented breast metastasis as the first sign of recurrence of a melanoma.
Databáze: MEDLINE