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1: Gastrointest Endosc. 1992 Mar-Apr;38(2):130-5.
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The spectrum of gastrointestinal metastases of breast carcinoma: I. Stomach.

Taal BG, den Hartog Jager FC, Steinmetz R, Peterse H.

Department of Gastroenterology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam.

In a 15-year period at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, 27 patients were found with breast carcinoma metastatic to the stomach. Presenting symptoms were non-specific, mainly nausea, vomiting, dysphagia, epigastric pain, and melena. Endoscopy, performed in 22 of these patients, yielded a correct diagnosis in 13. Lobular rather than ductal breast carcinoma was the predominant source of gastric metastases in this series. Non-surgical treatment was rewarded by a favorable, palliative response in 32% of cases.

PMID: 1568608 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]