Solitary esophageal metastasis of breast cancer with 15 years latency: A case report and review of the literature

Pathology International

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 614-617

  Fujii, Kimihito ^a   Nakanishi, Yukihiro ^a   Ochiai, Atsushi ^a   Tsuda, Hitoshi ^a   Yamaguchi, Hajime ^a   Tachimori, Yuji ^a   Kato, Hoichi ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Shimoda, Tadakazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Long term latency; Metastatic esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS METASTASIS; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0030763216     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1997.tb04550.x     Document Type: Article

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