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Breast Cancer
Research from Kyoto Prefectural University, Medical Department provides new data on breast cancer
July 24th, 2008
"A rare example is described of an advanced invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast with concomitant metastatic foci in a uterine leiomyosarcoma," researchers in Kyoto, Japan report. "Both tumors arose in a 48-year-old woman, without any evidence of distant metastases as assessed on imaging at the time of diagnosis. The double diagnosis in this particular case was established on a combination of microscopic appearance of the uterine tumors in the hysterectomy specimen, immunophenotype assessment, and clinical information on the breast carcinoma," wrote Y. Yasuhara and colleagues, Kyoto Prefectural University, Medical Department. The researchers...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-07-24)
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