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METASTASES FROM CARCINOMA OF THE BREAST INVOLVING THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Author(s) -
Leggett C. A. C.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1989.tb01507.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , breast carcinoma , disease , central nervous system , carcinoma , general surgery , oncology , breast cancer , pathology , cancer , physics , optics
A general discussion is made of the incidence, biological behaviour, diagnosis and management of metastatic disease involving the central nervous system secondary to malignant disease of the breast. Illustrative case histories selected from patients treated for carcinoma of the breast in the period 1978–88 are included.