Dramatic Response of Choroidal Metastases from Breast Cancer to a Combination of Trastuzumab and Vinorelbine

Breast Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-56

  Wong, Zee Wan ^a   Phillips, Steven J ^b   Ellis, Matthew J ^c,d  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Choroidal metastases; Trastuzumab; Vinorelbine

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; FLUORESCEIN; NAVELBINE; TAMOXIFEN; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHOROID METASTASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SUBRETINAL FLUID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SCOTOMA; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 0742288163     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2004.09614.x     Document Type: Article

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