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Malignant melanoma and the breast
Author(s) -
Pressman Peter I.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197304)31:4<784::aid-cncr2820310404>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , mastectomy , metastatic melanoma , breast cancer , oncology , dermatology , pathology , cancer , cancer research
Malignant melanoma characteristically disseminates widely but infrequently metastasizes to the breast; primary melanoma of the breast is even rarer. Two cases of metastatic melanoma presenting as solitary breast tumors are reported, and unusual primary and metastatic sites in melanoma are discussed. A review of all metastatic tumors to the breast is presented. Conservative excision is recommended since mastectomy has not altered survival.