Cutaneous manifestations of breast carcinoma

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 581-589

  De Giorgi, Vincenzo ^a   Grazzini, Marta ^a   Alfaioli, Barbara ^a   Savarese, Imma ^a   Corciova, Suzana Alexandra ^a   Guerriero, Giuseppe ^b   Lotti, Torello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

breast; carcinoma; melanoma; nodular

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; BLEOMYCIN; CAPECITABINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; METHOTREXATE; MILTEFOSINE; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TRASTUZUMAB;

ABDOMEN; ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA NEOPLASTICA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CALCINOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOMA EN CUIRASSE; CARCINOMA ERYSIPELATOIDES; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOWN NOSE; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHEMA ANNULARE CENTRIFUGUM; EYELID DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NEVUS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; RETICULOHISTIOCYTOSIS; SISTER MARY JOSEPH NODULE; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN NODULE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TELANGIECTATIC CARCINOMA; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ZOSTERIFORM METASTASIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78449266322     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2010.01365.x     Document Type: Article

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