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The survival of patients, who have cancer, is getting longer due to the developments in cancer treatment modalities. Nowadays Breast cancer is the most common type of cancers being identified at women. (%24.1) Distant metastasis are mostly seen at vertebral column in breast cancer. 60 years old woman was applied to our clinic with back pain and radiological images showed toracal spine fracture with spinal cord compression. The compression was removed urgently and pathology noticed breast cancer metastasis. Our purpose in this report is to emphasize that early surgical treatment improves the quality of life in such similar cases.
The survival of patients who have cancer, is getting longer due to the developments in cancer treatment modalities. Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer being identified in women. Distant metastases are mostly seen in the vertebral column in breast cancer. 60 years old woman was applied to our clinic with back pain and radiological images showed toracal spine fracture with spinal cord compression. The compression was removed urgently and pathology noticed breast cancer metastasis. Our purpose in this report is to emphasize that early surgical treatment improves the quality of life in such similar cases.
Field : Sağlık Bilimleri
Journal Type : Ulusal
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