Breast adenocarcinoma recurring as small cell carcinoma in a patient with a germline BRCA2 mutation: clonal evolution unchecked

BACKGROUND: Because up to 30% of breast cancer cases may relapse, understanding the biology of recurrent breast cancer is imperative in preventing these poor outcomes. Thus, we present this unusual case of a BRCA2 carrier who presented seven years after her initial diagnosis of breast adenocarcinoma...

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Autores principales: Niravath, Polly, Eble, Tanya, Contreras, Alejandro, Li, Marilyn, Franco, Luis M, Rimawi, Mothaffar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25671134
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2162-3619-4-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25671134
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2162-3619-4-1

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