The spectrum of gastrointestinal metastases of breast carcinoma: I. Stomach.
In a 15-year period at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, 27 patients were found with breast carcinoma metastatic to the stomach. Presenting symptoms were non-specific, mainly nausea, vomiting, dysphagia, epigastric pain, and melena. Endoscopy, performed in 22 of these patients, yielded a correct diagnosis in 13. Lobular rather than ductal breast carcinoma was the predominant source of gastric metastases in this series. Non-surgical treatment was rewarded by a favorable, palliative response in 32% of cases.
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Department of Gastroenterology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam.
den Hartog Jager
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Steinmetz
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Peterse
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D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary*; D016896:Treatment Outcome