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Carcinoma of breast and scleroderma: four further cases and a literature review
A M Forbes1, J C Woodrow, J L Verbov
1Rheumatology Unit, Royal Liverpool Hospital.
British Journal of Rheumatology
|February 1, 1989
Abstract:
Four patients are described in whom scleroderma developed within 18 months of detection of breast carcinoma. Previously reported cases of this association and the relevant literature are reviewed. The available evidence suggests that in some women there may be a causal relationship between breast cancer and scleroderma or progressive systemic sclerosis.
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