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Breast metastases in children with rhabdomyosarcoma
Author(s) -
Howarth Cathryn B.,
Caces Josephi.,
Pratt Charles B.
Publication year - 1980
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(19801201)46:11<2520::aid-cncr2820461134>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - medicine , rhabdomyosarcoma , histology , breast cancer , oncology , pathology , radiology , sarcoma , cancer
Of 108 consecutively diagnosed patients with rhabdomyosarcoma, seven subsequently developed clinically evident metastatic tumors of the breast. These patients were unusual in that all had primary tumors located on an extremity or the buttock, and six of the seven tumors had alveolar histology. Sex distribution and age of the patients indicated that the physiologic state of the breast was an important determining factor in the development of such metastases.