Ophthalmic Metastasis of Breast Cancer and Ocular Side Effects from Breast Cancer Treatment and Management: Mini Review

Ophthalmic Metastasis of Breast Cancer and Ocular Side Effects from Breast Cancer Treatment and Management: Mini Review

Breast cancer is one of the most common malignant diseases occurring in women, and its incidence increases over the years. It is the main site of origin in ocular metastatic disease in women, and, due to its hematogenous nature of metastatic spread, it affects mainly the uveal tissue. The purpose of...

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Main Authors: Ilias Georgalas, Theodore Paraskevopoulos, Chryssanthi Koutsandrea, Evgenia Kardara, Panagiotis Malamos, Dimitrios Ladas, Dimitris Papaconstantinou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/574086
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spelling doaj-ab8bd396b8b748c09e6f42e66fc3be682020-11-24T23:15:14ZengHindawi LimitedBioMed Research International2314-61332314-61412015-01-01201510.1155/2015/574086574086Ophthalmic Metastasis of Breast Cancer and Ocular Side Effects from Breast Cancer Treatment and Management: Mini ReviewIlias Georgalas0Theodore Paraskevopoulos1Chryssanthi Koutsandrea2Evgenia Kardara3Panagiotis Malamos4Dimitrios Ladas5Dimitris Papaconstantinou6Department of Ophthalmology, “G. Gennimatas” Hospital of Athens, University of Athens, 154 Mesogeion Avenue, 11527 Athens, GreeceDepartment of Ophthalmology, “G. Gennimatas” Hospital of Athens, University of Athens, 154 Mesogeion Avenue, 11527 Athens, GreeceDepartment of Ophthalmology, “G. Gennimatas” Hospital of Athens, University of Athens, 154 Mesogeion Avenue, 11527 Athens, GreeceDepartment of Ophthalmology, “G. Gennimatas” Hospital of Athens, University of Athens, 154 Mesogeion Avenue, 11527 Athens, GreeceDepartment of Ophthalmology, “G. Gennimatas” Hospital of Athens, University of Athens, 154 Mesogeion Avenue, 11527 Athens, GreeceDepartment of Ophthalmology, “G. Gennimatas” Hospital of Athens, University of Athens, 154 Mesogeion Avenue, 11527 Athens, GreeceDepartment of Ophthalmology, “G. Gennimatas” Hospital of Athens, University of Athens, 154 Mesogeion Avenue, 11527 Athens, GreeceBreast cancer is one of the most common malignant diseases occurring in women, and its incidence increases over the years. It is the main site of origin in ocular metastatic disease in women, and, due to its hematogenous nature of metastatic spread, it affects mainly the uveal tissue. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the clinical manifestations of the breast cancer ocular metastatic disease, alongside the side effects of the available treatment options for the management and regression of the systematic and ophthalmic disease.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/574086
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author Ilias Georgalas
Theodore Paraskevopoulos
Chryssanthi Koutsandrea
Evgenia Kardara
Panagiotis Malamos
Dimitrios Ladas
Dimitris Papaconstantinou
spellingShingle Ilias Georgalas
Theodore Paraskevopoulos
Chryssanthi Koutsandrea
Evgenia Kardara
Panagiotis Malamos
Dimitrios Ladas
Dimitris Papaconstantinou
Ophthalmic Metastasis of Breast Cancer and Ocular Side Effects from Breast Cancer Treatment and Management: Mini Review
BioMed Research International
author_facet Ilias Georgalas
Theodore Paraskevopoulos
Chryssanthi Koutsandrea
Evgenia Kardara
Panagiotis Malamos
Dimitrios Ladas
Dimitris Papaconstantinou
author_sort Ilias Georgalas
title Ophthalmic Metastasis of Breast Cancer and Ocular Side Effects from Breast Cancer Treatment and Management: Mini Review
title_short Ophthalmic Metastasis of Breast Cancer and Ocular Side Effects from Breast Cancer Treatment and Management: Mini Review
title_full Ophthalmic Metastasis of Breast Cancer and Ocular Side Effects from Breast Cancer Treatment and Management: Mini Review
title_fullStr Ophthalmic Metastasis of Breast Cancer and Ocular Side Effects from Breast Cancer Treatment and Management: Mini Review
title_full_unstemmed Ophthalmic Metastasis of Breast Cancer and Ocular Side Effects from Breast Cancer Treatment and Management: Mini Review
title_sort ophthalmic metastasis of breast cancer and ocular side effects from breast cancer treatment and management: mini review
publisher Hindawi Limited
series BioMed Research International
issn 2314-6133
2314-6141
publishDate 2015-01-01
description Breast cancer is one of the most common malignant diseases occurring in women, and its incidence increases over the years. It is the main site of origin in ocular metastatic disease in women, and, due to its hematogenous nature of metastatic spread, it affects mainly the uveal tissue. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the clinical manifestations of the breast cancer ocular metastatic disease, alongside the side effects of the available treatment options for the management and regression of the systematic and ophthalmic disease.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/574086
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