Case of A 46-Year-Old Woman With Cecum Adenocarcinoma Metastasis to The Right Pectoralis Major Muscle and Skin

• Authors: Michał Stanisławski , Leszek Gruszecki , Jacek Pawlak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The authors present the case of a 46-year-old patient with colon adenocarcinoma and metastases to the right pectoralis major muscle and to the skin. We present the diagnostics and therapy performed on the patient, who was hospitalized from July to October 2006.

Keywords

EN

colon cancer; colon cancer metastases; therapy of colon cancer; therapy of colon cancer metastases

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 80
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 153-156

Dates

published

1 - 3 - 2008

online

7 - 4 - 2008

Contributors

author

Michał Stanisławski

• Department of General Surgery, John Paul II Western Hospital, Grodzisk Mazowiecki

author

Leszek Gruszecki

• Department of General Surgery, John Paul II Western Hospital, Grodzisk Mazowiecki

author

Jacek Pawlak

• Department of General Surgery, John Paul II Western Hospital, Grodzisk Mazowiecki

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10035-008-0018-1