TY - JOUR
T1 - Tumor-to-tumor metastasis
T2 - Breast cancer metastatic to thymic epithelial tumor
AU - Moretto, Roberto
AU - Cella, Chiara A.
AU - Raimondo, Lucia
AU - Formisano, Luigi
AU - Nappi, Lucia
AU - Rescigno, Pasquale
AU - Buonerba, Carlo
AU - Calabrese, Filomena
AU - Ottaviano, Margaret
AU - Di Lorenzo, Giuseppe
AU - Matano, Elide
AU - Damiano, Vincenzo
AU - Palmieri, Giovannella
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - Tumor-to-tumor metastasis is a rare phenomenon, with around 150 cases being reported in the literature. Breast cancer is the second most commonly reported donor tumor after lung cancer, but thymic epithelial tumors have never been reported as recipient tumors. Furthermore, the thymus is rarely affected by metastases. To our knowledge, the present report is the first case of breast cancer metastatic to thymic epithelial tumor.
AB - Tumor-to-tumor metastasis is a rare phenomenon, with around 150 cases being reported in the literature. Breast cancer is the second most commonly reported donor tumor after lung cancer, but thymic epithelial tumors have never been reported as recipient tumors. Furthermore, the thymus is rarely affected by metastases. To our knowledge, the present report is the first case of breast cancer metastatic to thymic epithelial tumor.
KW - breast cancer
KW - thymic epithelial tumors
KW - tumor-to-tumor metastasis
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U2 - 10.1097/CAD.0b013e328362a68b
DO - 10.1097/CAD.0b013e328362a68b
M3 - Article
C2 - 23695010
AN - SCOPUS:84879969633
VL - 24
SP - 759
EP - 764
JO - Anti-Cancer Drugs
JF - Anti-Cancer Drugs
SN - 0959-4973
IS - 7
ER -