Urinary bladder metastases from breast carcinoma: Review of the literature starting from a clinical case

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Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-286

  Gatti, Giovanna ^a,b   Zurrida, Stefano ^a   Gilardi, Daniela ^a   Bassani, Guillermo ^a   Dos Santos, Gabriela Rosali ^a   Luini, Alberto ^a,c  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Distant metastases; Urinary bladder metastases

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEMCITABINE; METHOTREXATE; NAVELBINE; PAMIDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; BLADDER METASTASIS; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MASTECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

EID: 23044513291     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160509100317     Document Type: Review

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