Association of GIST, breast cancer and schwannoma in a 60-year-old woman affected by type-1 von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis

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Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 126-128

  Invernizzi, Roberta ^a,b   Martinelli, Barbara ^a   Pinotti, Graziella ^a  

^a OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^b UO Oncologia Medica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; GIST; Schwannoma; Type 1 neurofibromatosis

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 41749083906     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160809400123     Document Type: Article

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