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ArticleMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2008

Breast cancer with an unusual leukemia-like presentation: case report and literature review.

Yuan-Hsin Chang, Ruey-Kuen Hsieh, Ming-Chi Chang, Gon-Shen Chen

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Article in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Breast cancer manifested by hematologic disorders.Journal of thoracic disease · 2012
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuan-Hsin ChangDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92, Zhong-Shan North Road Sec 2., Taipei, 10449, Taiwan.
Ruey-Kuen Hsieh
Ming-Chi Chang
Gon-Shen Chen
Mackay Memorial Hospital · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the world and the second-most common cancer in women in Taiwan. However, breast cancer with plentiful leukemia blast-like cells circulating in the peripheral blood is very rare. A 48-year-old woman with breast cancer and leukemia-like manifestations was admitted in August, 2006. Special staining and immunophenotyping studies to determine the origin of her peripheral blast cells confirmed that they were from her breast carcinoma. Carcinocythemia (carcinoma cell leukemia) was diagnosed and then systemic chemotherapy and hormone therapy were given. Nevertheless, she expired 9 months after carcinocythemia presentation. The differential diagnosis of this condition, which is complicated by chemotherapy or radiotherapy for solid tumors, is very important. Patients with carcinocythemia have poor prognosis and survival.

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Bone MarrowBreast NeoplasmsDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansLeukemiaMiddle AgedNeoplastic Cells, Circulating

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PMID18188722
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