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Implication of breast cancer phenotype for patients with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.
Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Feb 2013
Torrejón Davis, Oliveira Mafalda, Cortes Javier, Sanchez-Olle Gessami, Gómez Patricia, Bellet Meritxell, Saura Cristina, Peg Vicente, Rovira Alex, Di Cosimo Serena
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We aimed to study the implications of breast cancer (BC) subtypes for the development and prognosis of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Data from the breast cancer patients diagnosed with LC between 2005 and 2010 were retrieved. Patients were classified in luminal A, B, HER2 positive and triple negative (TN) and their BC diagnosis, treatment, and outcome were analyzed...
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