Ectopic breast cancer: A case report and review of the Japanese literature

Authors
Nakao, A Saito, S Inoue, F Notohara, K Tanaka, N
Citation
A. Nakao et al., Ectopic breast cancer: A case report and review of the Japanese literature, ANTICANC R, 18(5B), 1998, pp. 3737-3740
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Onconogenesis & Cancer Research
Journal title
ANTICANCER RESEARCH
ISSN journal
02507005 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
5B
Year of publication
1998
Pages
3737 - 3740
Database
ISI
SICI code
0250-7005(199809/10)18:5B<3737:EBCACR>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
We report a rare case of ectopic breast cancer in a 68-year-old woman, succ essfully treated by surgery and chemotherapy. We found 37 cases including o ur case in the Japanese literature between 1933 to 1997. Our review demonst rated that the clinical features of Japenese patients who developed ectopic breast cancer was similar to previous foreign reports.