Incidence and clinical characteristics of symptomatic choroidal metastasis from breast cancer

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 298-302

  Kreusel, Klaus Martin ^a   Bechrakis, Nikolaos E ^b   Krause, Lothar ^b   Wiegel, Thomas ^c   Foerster, Michael H ^b  

^a DRK KLINIKEN BERLIN WESTEND   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Choroidal metastasis; Incidence; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOROID CANCER; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BERLIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34248136525     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00828.x     Document Type: Article

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