Metastatic breast cancer presenting as linitis plastica of the stomach

Gastric Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 193-197

  Whitty, Lisa A ^a   Crawford, David L ^a   Woodland, Jay H ^a   Patel, Jitendra C ^a   Nattier, Bryce ^a   Thomas Jr , Charles R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Linitis plastica; Metastatic breast neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINITIS PLASTICA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINITIS PLASTICA; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23844434660     PISSN: 14363291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10120-005-0334-7     Document Type: Article

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