Primary atypical carcinoid of the breast: A case report and brief overview of evidence
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Primary atypical carcinoid of the breast is rare. Herein we present a case of atypical carcinoid of the breast treated with surgery. The management plan is commented. Moreover an overview of the current evidence is presented. All the evidence is classified as lev...
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doaj-89d60d7fa96f460e8b3d8852cbb8e16b2020-11-24T21:11:34ZengBMCWorld Journal of Surgical Oncology1477-78192011-05-01915210.1186/1477-7819-9-52Primary atypical carcinoid of the breast: A case report and brief overview of evidencePaschopoulos MinasFotopoulos AndreasZinovieva IrinaDoukas MihalisZervoudis StephanVrekoussis ThomasNavrozoglou IordanisPlachouras NicholasIatrakis GeorgeDousias Vassilis<p>Abstract</p> <p>Primary atypical carcinoid of the breast is rare. Herein we present a case of atypical carcinoid of the breast treated with surgery. The management plan is commented. Moreover an overview of the current evidence is presented. All the evidence is classified as level IV (opinion-based evidence) since there is no satisfactory case series to support a certain therapeutic decision. The treatment for an atypical carcinoid of the breast is the same one offered in patients diagnosed with primary infiltrating breast cancer. A multi-centric approach is needed in order to gather enough data to confidently support a certain management plan for these patients.</p> http://www.wjso.com/content/9/1/52atypical carcinoid, breast, neuroendocrine tumor |
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Paschopoulos Minas Fotopoulos Andreas Zinovieva Irina Doukas Mihalis Zervoudis Stephan Vrekoussis Thomas Navrozoglou Iordanis Plachouras Nicholas Iatrakis George Dousias Vassilis Primary atypical carcinoid of the breast: A case report and brief overview of evidence World Journal of Surgical Oncology atypical carcinoid, breast, neuroendocrine tumor |
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Primary atypical carcinoid of the breast: A case report and brief overview of evidence |
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Primary atypical carcinoid of the breast: A case report and brief overview of evidence |
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Primary atypical carcinoid of the breast: A case report and brief overview of evidence |
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Primary atypical carcinoid of the breast: A case report and brief overview of evidence |
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Primary atypical carcinoid of the breast: A case report and brief overview of evidence |
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primary atypical carcinoid of the breast: a case report and brief overview of evidence |
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology |
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Primary atypical carcinoid of the breast is rare. Herein we present a case of atypical carcinoid of the breast treated with surgery. The management plan is commented. Moreover an overview of the current evidence is presented. All the evidence is classified as level IV (opinion-based evidence) since there is no satisfactory case series to support a certain therapeutic decision. The treatment for an atypical carcinoid of the breast is the same one offered in patients diagnosed with primary infiltrating breast cancer. A multi-centric approach is needed in order to gather enough data to confidently support a certain management plan for these patients.</p> |
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atypical carcinoid, breast, neuroendocrine tumor |
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