Isolated relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the breast of a young female

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 607-613

  Todo, K ^a,b   Morimoto, A ^b   Osone, S ^a   Nukina, S ^a   Ohtsuka, T ^a   Ishida, H ^c   Yoshihara, T ^c   Todo, S ^b  

^a Akashi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MATSUSHITA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Breast; Extramedullary relapse; Late relapse

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA CELL; REMISSION;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PRECURSOR B-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 50249154315     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010802258399     Document Type: Article

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