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Breast metastasis from EGFR-mutated lung adenocarcinoma: A case report and review of the literature.

Takayo OtaYoshikazu HasegawaAkira OkimuraKatsuya SakashitaTakeshi SunamiKiyotaka YukimotoRyugo SawadaKazutsugu SakamotoMasahiro Fukuoka
Published in: Clinical case reports (2018)
Although lung cancer rarely metastasizes to the breast, we report a case of breast metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma harboring an epidermal growth factor receptor mutation. This breast metastasis was initially considered recurrent breast cancer and was later diagnosed based on histopathological and molecular examinations as metastasis from lung cancer.
Keyphrases
  • epidermal growth factor receptor
  • tyrosine kinase
  • advanced non small cell lung cancer
  • small cell lung cancer
  • breast cancer risk