Hypercalcemia and treated breast cancers: The diagnostic dilemma

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-48

  Rao, Vishal ^a   Chaukar, Devendra ^a   D'Cruz, Anil ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Differential diagnosis; Hypercalcemia

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; METASTASIS; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PROGNOSIS;

ADENOMA; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, PRIMARY; MASTECTOMY; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 62849094963     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.48770     Document Type: Article

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