Metastatic breast cancer to the gastrointestinal tract: A case series and review of the literature

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 38, 2006, Pages 6219-6224

  Nazareno, Jose ^a   Taves, Donald ^a   Preiksaitis, Harold G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Gastrointestinal tract; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; PREDNISONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BARIUM ENEMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LINITIS PLASTICA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VISCERAL METASTASIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33750619711     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i38.6219     Document Type: Article

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