Imatinib alleviated pulmonary hypertension caused by pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy in a patient with metastatic breast cancer

Clin Breast Cancer. 2015 Apr;15(2):e167-70. doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2014.10.008. Epub 2014 Oct 23.

¹ Department of Breast Medical Oncology, The Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: ippei.fukada@jfcr.or.jp.
² Department of Breast Medical Oncology, The Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Pathology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵ Department of Breast Surgery, The Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.

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Keywords: Imatinib; Metastatic breast cancer; PDGFR; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM).

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