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Surgical management of ovarian carcinoma metastatic to the breast and axilla: A role for metastasectomy?
Author(s) -
Rossfeld Kara K.,
Carson William E.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.24055
Subject(s) - medicine , metastasectomy , axilla , ovarian carcinoma , ovarian cancer , resection , metastatic breast cancer , metastasis , breast cancer , general surgery , surgical resection , surgery , oncology , cancer
As patients with ovarian cancer are living longer, surgeons will be faced with the management of metastatic lesions amenable to resection more frequently. We present two patients with ovarian cancer metastatic to the breast who underwent resection for their metastases, but their outcomes differed significantly. After reviewing the literature, we propose that there can be definite benefit to resection in the appropriately selected patients and discuss factors to consider prior to proceeding with surgery. J. Surg. Oncol. 2015;112:581–584 . © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.