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Case 34: acute leukemia in a patient with a previous history of breast cancer

Ian H Gabriel1, Saad H Abdalla, Sarah Ryley

  • 1Department of Haematology, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.

Leukemia & Lymphoma
|February 28, 2007
PubMed

A 56-year-old woman presented with acute myeloid leukemia 3 years after presenting with carcinoma of the breast. Detailed investigations led to a precise diagnosis.

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