Abstract:Metastatic breast cancer has a very poor prognosis, considering the lack of reliable curative medical or surgical approaches. Patients with stage IV breast cancer usually undergo palliative surgical procedures and symptomatic treatment. In a 5-year period, 1258 patients with breast cancer were treated in our surgical oncology unit. For the current study, we have selected 19 (1.43%) female patients with intraabdominal metastases (peritoneal, hepatic, ovarian etc.) derived from breast cancer, which received at l… Show more
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