title: Metastatic rectal cancer to the breast.
abstract: Rectal cancer metastatic to the breast is an exceedingly rare event with around 15 cases reported in the literature. A metastatic breast deposit from the rectum signifies diffuse disseminated disease or a highly aggressive tumor such that surgical intervention other than palliation has a limited role. In the present report, we discuss a patient who presented with rectal cancer and developed a breast metastatic deposit. She soon developed progressive metastatic involvement of the lungs and the soft tissues and succumbed to the malignant course of this disease 12 months after the diagnosis of the primary rectal tumor.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Dallas VA Medical Center Departments of Medical Oncology.
authors.forename: Hsiao C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Prapti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Payal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kapur
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huerta