Bilateral breast cancer in a survivor of acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a case report

Although breast cancer is the most common disease for women, bilateral breast cancer is a rare situation. Development of a second malignancy which is the most frightening side effect, may be related with genetic predisposition or cancer treatment. Because our case is a survivor of acute lymphoblasti...

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Published in:Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) London, England), 2010-06, Vol.27 (2), p.481-483
Main Authors: Demirci, Umut, Buğdaycı, Fatma, Çakır, Aslı, Gürlek, Bahar, Gönül, İpek Işık, Büyükberber, Süleyman, Benekli, Mustafa, Coşkun, Uğur
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis
Breast Neoplasms - etiology
Female
Hematology
Humans
Internal Medicine
Leukemia
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neoplasms, Second Primary - diagnosis
Neoplasms, Second Primary - etiology
Oncology
Original Paper
Pathology
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - complications
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - diagnosis
Survivors
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Summary:Although breast cancer is the most common disease for women, bilateral breast cancer is a rare situation. Development of a second malignancy which is the most frightening side effect, may be related with genetic predisposition or cancer treatment. Because our case is a survivor of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, development of bilateral breast cancer which occurs rarely in early ages, is discussed with the help of literature.
ISSN:1357-0560
1559-131X
DOI:10.1007/s12032-009-9238-4