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A case of colorectal cancer with double-activating epidermal growth factor receptor mutations.
Japanese journal of clinical oncology - 1 Sept 2011
Rai Kammei, Fujiwara Keiichi, Tsushima Mizuho, Kudo Kenichiro, Mizuta Makoto, Matsuo Kiyoshi, Yonei Toshiro, Yamadori Ichiro, Kiura Katsuyuki, Sato Toshio
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We describe the case of a 72-year-old woman with locally advanced lung tumor mimicking primary lung cancer. She was diagnosed with rectal cancer at the age of 65 years and was initially treated with platinum-based chemotherapy and thoracic irradiation as a treatment for primary lung cancer. One year later, a thyroid tumor was detected in her right thyroid lobe and was confirmed to have metastasized from rectal...
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