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Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer 2/2020

01-06-2020 | Metastasis | Letter to the Editor

The Youngest Patient with Metastatic Leiomyosarcoma of the Pancreas

Authors: Didem Saka, Gürhan Şişman, Leyla Özer, Davut Şahin, Güralp Onur Ceyhan

Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer | Issue 2/2020

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Most of the pancreas malignancies are primary, but only 2% is a metastasis from other tissues [1]. Whereas kidney, breast, skin, and lung tumors are the usual primary site, leiomyosarcomas metastasizing to the pancreas are rare [2, 3]. Here, we report a female patient, diagnosed with pancreatic metastasis after 2 years of his primary surgery of leiomyosarcoma on her right leg. …
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Metadata
Title
The Youngest Patient with Metastatic Leiomyosarcoma of the Pancreas
Authors
Didem Saka
Gürhan Şişman
Leyla Özer
Davut Şahin
Güralp Onur Ceyhan
Publication date
01-06-2020
Publisher
Springer US
Keyword
Metastasis
Published in
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer / Issue 2/2020
Print ISSN: 1941-6628
Electronic ISSN: 1941-6636
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-020-00407-x

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