Spindle Cell Carcinoma of the Breast in a Patient with Previous History of Rectal Cancer: A Case Report

Al-Mallah Rasha Raed; Al-Najafi Marwa Haitham; Zakaria Yehya Dh.

doi:10.2478/fco-2023-0003

Forum of Clinical Oncology (Oct 2023)

Spindle Cell Carcinoma of the Breast in a Patient with Previous History of Rectal Cancer: A Case Report

Al-Mallah Rasha Raed,
Al-Najafi Marwa Haitham,
Zakaria Yehya Dh.

Affiliations

Al-Mallah Rasha Raed: Oncology Department, Medical Oncologist at Mosul Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Hospital, Mosul, Iraq
Al-Najafi Marwa Haitham: Oncology Department, Medical Oncologist at Mosul Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Hospital, Mosul, Iraq
Zakaria Yehya Dh.: Surgical Department, Nineveh Medical College, Mosul, Iraq

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fco-2023-0003
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 3
pp. 66 – 71

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Spindle cell carcinoma of the breast is a very rare subtype of metaplastic breast cancer with aggressive behaviour in comparison with invasive ductal carcinoma, which is the most common histological type of breast cancer. It has a poor prognosis and a controversial response to systemic therapy.

Published in Forum of Clinical Oncology

ISSN: 1792-362X (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/FCO

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