title: Relationship between breast cancer and meningioma.
abstract: Several authors have suggested the existence of a relationship between breast cancer and meningioma occurring in the same patient. I describe four patients who had both of these neoplasms and present findings that dispute the implied relationship between the two.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine-Youngstown.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith-Behn
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013997:Time Factors