Breast cancer metastasis to the stomach confirmed using gastroscopy: A case report

Oncology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1205-1207

  Tan, Linshen ^a,b   Piao, Ying ^a   Liu, Zhaozhe ^a   Han, Tao ^a   Song, Fulin ^a   Gao, Fei ^a   Han, Yaling ^a   Xie, Xiaodong ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NORTHERN THEATER COMMAND   (China)

^b LIAONING UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Gastroscopes; Immunohistochemistry; Infiltrative lobular carcinoma; Metastatic gastric tumor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904269341     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2014.2260     Document Type: Article

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