SUBCUTANEOUS METASTASIS FROM AN OVARIAN-CARCINOMA DISAPPEARED FOLLOWING TAMOXIFEN THERAPY

Authors
FLAM F SKOOG L WILKING N
Citation
F. Flam et al., SUBCUTANEOUS METASTASIS FROM AN OVARIAN-CARCINOMA DISAPPEARED FOLLOWING TAMOXIFEN THERAPY, European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology, 64(2), 1996, pp. 225-226
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Reproductive Biology","Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03012115
Volume
64
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
225 - 226
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-2115(1996)64:2<225:SMFAOD>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
In a 78-year-old woman who had been treated for a breast cancer, a sub cutaneous metastasis was diagnosed. This metastasis disappeared follow ing a 3-months' treatment with tamoxifen. Only then was the primary tu mour found to be ovarian carcinoma rather than a mammary one. This and other reports indicate that hormonal agents may also be considered as a third line of treatment in ovarian carcinoma.