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The cervix, whilst often a primary site of cancer development, is not
a common site for metastasis of other primary tumors. Breast tumors
appear to be capable of this rare feat (primarily lobular type breast
cancer and signet ring breast cancer) as are ovarian cancers.
Epithelial tumors are also apparently capable (see reference 7)
Abstracts of case reports of breast cancer to the cervix (articles not
available online):
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11269991&dopt=Abstract
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9432828&dopt=Abstract
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9250327&dopt=Abstract
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9684585&dopt=Abstract
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9639771&dopt=Abstract
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10518190&dopt=Abstract
Abstracts of ovarian cancer to cervix, article not available online:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3988124&dopt=Abstract
Case reports of breast cancer metastatic to cervix available online
with a subscription:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9887251&dopt=Abstract
Other references to case reports and reviews of the literature, for
which even an abstract is not available online:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10489810&dopt=Abstract
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