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Synchronous cancer and metastatic melanoma of the breasts

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Case report

We present a synchronous primary cancer in the right breast and the metastasis of a malignant melanoma in the left breast. Both lesions were excised and the right breast was irradiated.

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Problems associated with the simultaneous occurrence of both diseases are briefly discussed.

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  1. Department of Surgical Oncology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Institute of Oncology, Cancer Centre, ul.Garncarska 11, 31–115, Kraków, Poland

    Andrzej L. Komorowski, Wojciech M. Wysocki & Jerzy Mituś

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Komorowski, A.L., Wysocki, W.M. & Mituś, J. Synchronous cancer and metastatic melanoma of the breasts. Arch Gynecol Obstet 270, 290–291 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-003-0551-4

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