title: Association of breast cancer and immune thrombocytopenic purpura.
abstract: Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and breast cancer are common disorders. Only six cases in which patients have had both diseases have been reported. We describe a 40-year-old woman who had ITP while responding to therapy for metastatic breast cancer. Given the few reported cases, the diverse presentations of thrombocytopenia during the course of each patient's breast cancer and the variable therapeutic responses of ITP, the association of breast cancer and ITP is probably coincidental.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912-3125, USA.
authors.forename: Celalettin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ustun
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dainer
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hendricks
authors.forename: Charles Todd
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Bruker
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burgess
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011241:Prednisone