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Is The Begetting of Triplets Associated With The Developing of 3 Breast Primaries?

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  Cancer Therapy & Oncology- Juniper Publishers                                                      Abstract A Birmingham (UK) group considered in 1980 that the establishment of a Histopathology data pool encourages epidemiologic analysis. Consequently, the senior author (WIBO) had such an advantageous opportunity. Interestingly, the junior author (GEN), working in a near Surgical Outpatient Clinic, was consulted by a gravid 5, para 8, patient, i.e., one twin and a set of triplets. Moreover, she also developed 3 breast carcinomas. Therefore, this paper is documented in order to stimulate worldwide interest in this peculiar combination. Is it only happenstance or an explicable natural event?. Keywords:  Breast, triple cancer, pregnancy, triplets, Igbos, epidemiology Introduction The breast has for centuries been the medical man’s talking po...

Metastatic Adenocarcinomas of the Umbilicus in a Developing Community

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  Cancer Therapy & Oncology- Juniper Publishers                                                    Abstract Popularized as the “Sister Joseph’s nodule” is the metastatic lesion of the umbilicus. Hitherto, cases had been reported worldwide. Therefore, this article aims to document the patterns of it obtained among an ethnic group in a developing community. Incidentally, a few indigenous doctors suspected the lesions to be of the Sister Joseph nodule type. The epidemiological data included equality of sex and the preponderance of adenocarcinomas. Keywords:  Carcinoma; Umbilicus; Metastasis; Age; Type; Sister Joseph Nodule Introduction Metastatic carcinoma of the umbilicus gained prominence when, “during the early days of the Mayo Clinic, Sister Mary Joseph, the superintendent of St. Mary’s Hospital and Dr. William Mayo’s frequent first assistant, ...