Recurrent metastatic colon cancer to the breast: coincidence or metastasis?

Santiago-Sánchez, C.; Morales-Borges, R.úl.

Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 104(4): 61-63

2012


ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849
PMID: 23763228
Document Number: 702578
Metastatic tumors to the breast from colon adenocarcinomas are very rare. They are indicative of disseminated disease, so their prognosis is poor. In such cases radical operation should be avoided unless for palliation purposes. Partial mastectomy with chemotherapy is adequate therapy and offers the patient an aesthetic and oncologically safe surgical procedure. We report the first case of recurrent breast cancer metastatic from a colon adenocarcinoma after review of the literature.

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