A male patient with acromegaly and breast cancer: treating acromegaly to control tumor progression

BACKGROUND: Acromegaly is a rare disease associated with an increased risk of developing cancer. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 72-year-old man who was diagnosed with acromegaly (IGF-1 770 ng/ml) and breast cancer. Four years before he suffered from a colon-rectal cancer. Pituitary surge...

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Autores principales: Leporati, Paola, Fonte, Rodolfo, de Martinis, Luca, Zambelli, Alberto, Magri, Flavia, Pavesi, Lorenzo, Rotondi, Mario, Chiovato, Luca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4436112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25962899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-015-1400-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4436112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25962899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-015-1400-0

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