Management of melanoma metastasis to the breast: Case series and review of the literature

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1206-1210

  Loffeld, Annette ^a   Marsden, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast; Melanoma; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUBCUTANEOUS METASTASIS; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 21644481797     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06574.x     Document Type: Review

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