[A case of multicentric breast cancer in which an effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy had a disparity]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2010 Nov;37(12):2775-7.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 61-year-old woman was visited our hospital for a left breast tumor. Ultrasonography (US) demonstrated two tumors comprising a tumor 3.3 cm in diameter in the A area and another one 0.9 cm in diameter in the C area of the left breast, and US-guided core needle biopsy (CNB) was performed. The histological findings showed invasive ductal carcinoma, ER (+)/PR (-)/HER2 (+) in the A lesion and ER (+)/PR (+)/HER2 (-) in the C lesion. At this point in time, US demonstrated a new tumor 1.9 cm in diameter in the outside C area of the left breast, and CNB was performed. The histological findings showed invasive ductal carcinoma, ER (+)/PR (+)/HER2 (-) in the outside C lesion. Chemotherapy was estimated as PD, and an operation was performed (Bt + Ax). Histopathological examination showed pCR in the A lesion, invasive lobular carcinoma in the C lesion and solid-tubular carcinoma in the outside C new lesion. Depend on each subtype, HER2/new targeting trastuzumab therapy, radiation therapy and ER/PR targeting hormone therapy were tried as a post operative treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Lobular / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Lobular / pathology*
  • Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
  • Epirubicin / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Fluorouracil / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / drug therapy*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*

Substances

  • Epirubicin
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Fluorouracil

Supplementary concepts

  • FEC protocol