Breast cancer metastasis to the GI tract may mimic primary gastric cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Abid, Arifa ^a   Moffa, Casey ^a   Monga, Dulabh K ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLONOSCOPY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NAUSEA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIPORTERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUODENAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KERATIN-7; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM STAGING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84875752732     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.44.6393     Document Type: Article

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