Ophthalmic Metastasis of Breast Cancer and Ocular Side Effects from Breast Cancer Treatment and Management: Mini Review

نویسندگان

  • Ilias Georgalas
  • Theodore Paraskevopoulos
  • Chryssanthi Koutsandrea
  • Evgenia Kardara
  • Panagiotis Malamos
  • Dimitrios Ladas
  • Dimitris Papaconstantinou
چکیده

Breast cancer is one of the most common malignant diseases occurring in women, and its incidence increases over the years. It is the main site of origin in ocular metastatic disease in women, and, due to its hematogenous nature of metastatic spread, it affects mainly the uveal tissue. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the clinical manifestations of the breast cancer ocular metastatic disease, alongside the side effects of the available treatment options for the management and regression of the systematic and ophthalmic disease.

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دوره 2015  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2015