{"title":"Lung cancer metastasis to the breast: Consideration of an unusual presentation","authors":"Christine Schammel","doi":"10.52768/2379-1039/2024","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Background: The EML4-ALK fusion oncogene is found in 2 to 7% of all non-small cell lung cancers, most of which are adenocarcinomas. ALK positive lung malignancies are rare; even more rare are primary ALK positive lung malignancies that metastasize to the breast.","PeriodicalId":294824,"journal":{"name":"Open Journal of Clinical and Medical Case Reports","volume":"170 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Open Journal of Clinical and Medical Case Reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.52768/2379-1039/2024","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Background: The EML4-ALK fusion oncogene is found in 2 to 7% of all non-small cell lung cancers, most of which are adenocarcinomas. ALK positive lung malignancies are rare; even more rare are primary ALK positive lung malignancies that metastasize to the breast.