METASTATIC BREAST DISEASE 40 YEARS AFTER THE INITIAL DIAGNOSIS

Authors
PIKOULIS E VARELAS PN LECHAGO J PAPACONSTANTINOU C ASIMACOPOULOS PJ
Citation
E. Pikoulis et al., METASTATIC BREAST DISEASE 40 YEARS AFTER THE INITIAL DIAGNOSIS, Chest, 114(2), 1998, pp. 639-641
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System","Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
114
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
639 - 641
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1998)114:2<639:MBD4YA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
This is the case of a patient with metastatic disease diagnosed 40 yea rs after a radical mastectomy which was followed by radiation treatmen t for breast cancer. The patient had nonspecific symptoms for 3 years, and a lymph node biopsy revealed the underlying cause to be recurrent breast cancer. Excision of the largest metastases combined with chemo therapy resulted in a further 3-year remission.