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Breast cancer with immune thrombocytopenic purpura is likely coincidental.

Clinical Oncology Week

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2003 MAR 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Breast cancer along with immune thrombocytopenic purpura is likely coincidental.

According to a study from the United States, "Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and breast cancer are common disorders.

"Only six cases in which patients have had both diseases have been reported. We describe a 40-year-old woman who had ITP while responding to therapy for metastatic breast cancer," stated C. Ustun and coauthors, Medical College of Georgia, Department of Medicine.

Ustun and coauthors concluded: "Given the few reported cases, the diverse presentations of thrombocytopenia during the course of each patient's breast cancer and the variable therapeutic responses of ITP, the association of breast cancer and ITP is ...

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