CASE PRESENTATION: A 66-year-old Caucasian woman presented with vertical double vision for the previous 3 weeks. At 6-weeks follow up this had resolved. However, she presented with a new third and sixth cranial nerve palsy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Hypoxemia

  Laboratory examinations revealed a high frequency of monocytes, higher levels of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and C-reactive protein as well as mild hypoxemia and hypocarbia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Painter

  Nikhil Wagle, MD, a breast cancer oncologist and metastatic breast cancer researcher and directed by Corrie Painter, PhD, a cancer researcher, cancer patient and patient advocate. [mbcproject.org]

Subsequent workup revealed widespread metastatic disease, for which the patient was treated with chemoradiotherapy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Referred to oncologist for standard diagnostic workup. [targetedonc.com]

• Chlamydia

  However, she had no evidence of infection with mycoplasma pneumoniae, chlamydia, pneumocystis, tuberculosis, influenza A virus, and was negative for serum galactomannan (GM) antigen assay. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

PURPOSE: In cancer patients, tumor gene mutations contribute to drug resistance and treatment failure. In patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC), these mutations increase after multiline treatment, thereby decreasing treatment efficiency. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The stage of your breast cancer when you’re diagnosed plays an important role in your prognosis. [healthline.com]

BACKGROUND: Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) rest an incurably disease associated with bad prognosis and a median overall survival of 23-31 months. There are several treatment options including chemotherapy and sometimes endocrine therapy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

METHODS: Using linked Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results and Medicare data, we identified women with incident metastatic BCa diagnosed during 2005-2009. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ueno Epidemiology First Online: 29 May 2015 Abstract Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rare and aggressive disease. [doi.org]

Since 1973 and 1992 respectively, the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) the CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries, have been collecting population-based information on cancer cases [change.org]

The development of a risk stratification score to assess the need for hospitalization or close observation of these patients and the documentation of appropriate preventive strategies could help prevent such fatal occurrences. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A molecule that reduces the stiffness and density of breast tissue, by blocking formation of collagen fibers, may be used to prevent tumor cells from invading and metastasizing to other tissues. [komensandiego.org]