Breast Cancer Relapse, Post-Surgical Confusion, and Dementia in the Elderly: An Unexpected Connection but with the Same Proposed Solution

A simple solution may exist for both the problem of sudden dementia and confusion after surgery in the elderly and the bimodal relapse pattern among breast cancer patients who were treated with a mastectomy. Systemic inflammation by a variety of mechanisms can induce tumor outgrowth from dormant sta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael W. Retsky, Patrice Forget
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Medicina
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1010-660X/54/6/101