Treatment of metastatic breast cancer with liver transplantation |
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Authors: | Wilson J M Carder P Downey S Davies M H Wyatt J I Brennan T G |
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Affiliation: | Academic Unit of Surgery, Departments of;Histopathology and;Hepatology, and;Breast Unit, St. James's University Teaching Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | Resection of liver metastases is accepted as an appropriate treatment for colorectal metastases in suitable patients. Liver transplant is not often used for malignant disease as there is a high incidence of undetectable micrometastases elsewhere and recurrence is likely. The effects of immunosuppression may also enhance the growth of malignant cells at other sites. We report a case where a young patient with undiagnosed breast cancer with axillary and liver metastases underwent liver transplantation and is effectively leading a normal life 33 months after transplant. |
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Keywords: | curative resection liver transplantation metastatic breast cancer |
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