CLL and Breast Cancer concurrently - a Case Report

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This is a PDF from Turkey that is currently in the Journal of Breast Health.

The paper concludes...

" Concomitant presence of breast cancer and CLL suggests that there may be a

possible link between these two malignancies, either through chromosome 13 or an

unidentified specific chromosomal abnormality which requires further

investigations.

Increased lymphocyte counts in breast cancer patients should alert surgeons to

further investigate for concomitant leu- kemia since associated malignancies

occur with an increased frequency in patients with CLL due to immune defects. "

http://www.memesagligi.dergisi.org/pdf/pdf_MSD_241.pdf

Around 1% of all breast cancers occur in men, by the way...

~chris

CLL CANADA