Abstract
Development of metastasis to the breast from lung cancer is very rare and the prognosis for such patients is poor. We present a patient who had metastasis to breast from non-small-cell lung cancer. It is important to distinguish a primary breast cancer from metastasis to the breast, as the therapy offered would be markedly different, with considerably different outcomes.
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Ramar, K., Pervez, H., Potti, A. et al. Breast metastasis from non-small-cell lung carcinoma. Med Oncol 20, 181–184 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1385/MO:20:2:181
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