Breast Cancer Metastasis Presenting as Colonic Polyps

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women and is the second leading cause of cancer-related death among women in the United States. Rarely, breast cancer can metastasize to the gastrointestinal tract. We present a case of metastatic breast cancer diagnosed after finding metastatic lesi...

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Autores principales: Bering, Jamie, Ryan, Margaret, Gurudu, Suryakanth R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7535760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33062785
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000411
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description Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women and is the second leading cause of cancer-related death among women in the United States. Rarely, breast cancer can metastasize to the gastrointestinal tract. We present a case of metastatic breast cancer diagnosed after finding metastatic lesions appearing as polyps during a colonoscopy.
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spelling pubmed-75357602020-10-14 Breast Cancer Metastasis Presenting as Colonic Polyps Bering, Jamie Ryan, Margaret Gurudu, Suryakanth R. ACG Case Rep J Case Report Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women and is the second leading cause of cancer-related death among women in the United States. Rarely, breast cancer can metastasize to the gastrointestinal tract. We present a case of metastatic breast cancer diagnosed after finding metastatic lesions appearing as polyps during a colonoscopy. Wolters Kluwer 2020-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7535760/ /pubmed/33062785 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000411 Text en © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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title Breast Cancer Metastasis Presenting as Colonic Polyps
title_full Breast Cancer Metastasis Presenting as Colonic Polyps
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title_full_unstemmed Breast Cancer Metastasis Presenting as Colonic Polyps
title_short Breast Cancer Metastasis Presenting as Colonic Polyps
title_sort breast cancer metastasis presenting as colonic polyps
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7535760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33062785
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000411
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