Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue in a female with advanced breast cancer: A case report of an elderly patient presenting with two types of cancer

Oncology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 235-237

  Addeo, Raffaele ^a   Napolitano, Alberto ^b   Montella, Liliana ^a   Ricciardiello, Filippo ^c  

^a SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Immunosuppression; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; CAPECITABINE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FULVESTRANT; GEMCITABINE; LAPATINIB; NAVELBINE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TRASTUZUMAB;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREAST CANCER; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; SMOKING; TONGUE CARCINOMA; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84901200026     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2014.2097     Document Type: Article

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