Cancer Uterine Cervix Metastasizing to Breast

Breast cancer metastasising to the uterine cervix.

CASE REPORT A 47-year-old mother of two was seen in the colposcopy clinic in November 1994 with a history of two abnormal smears. The first in June 1993 showed severe inflammation, and the repeat smear a year later showed atypical glandular cells. She had been postmenopausal for two years and had no gynaecological symptoms. In June 1993, a left mastectomy with axillary node sampling had been pe...

[Cancer of the uterine cervix].

Cancer of the Uterine Cervix

HEALTH ISSUE: Cervical cancer is one of the most common malignant diseases of women; it is diagnosed in almost half a million women every year and half as many die from it annually. In Canada and other industrialized countries, its incidence has decreased due to cytology screening. However, invasive cases still occur, particularly among immigrant groups and native Canadian women. Although incid...

Cancer of the Uterine Cervix

The overall five-year survival of cervical cancer is only 40% worldwide despite the development of effective screening modalities. Paramount to this issue is access to appropriate medical care which remains limited to high-risk populations throughout the world. While surgery and radiation remain the mainstays of current treatment, new therapies based on the association of cervical cancer with t...

Metastatic breast cancer to the uterine cervix mimicking a giant cervical leiomyoma.

Metastasis to the uterine cervix is a complication of breast cancer that is not commonly known. Detection of cervical metastasis before the diagnosis of the primary tumor is even rarer. The present report describes a case of a 52-year-old woman who had a large cervical tumor appearing as a leiomyoma. She underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Histopatholo...