[Using Mohs' Paste for Disease Control in a Case of Advanced Mucinous Breast Cancer with Continuous Bleeding from the Primary Tumor Surface]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2023 Dec;50(13):1837-1838.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We present the case of a 70-year-old woman with cancer affecting a substantial area of her breast, characterized by persistent bleeding from the primary tumor. Pathological findings revealed a hormone-sensitive mucinous carcinoma. CT indicated a primary tumor in close proximity to the greater pectoral muscle, left axillary lymph node metastasis, and oligometastases in her right lung. Although she declined surgery and chemotherapy, she agreed to receive Mohs' paste and endocrine therapy. The paste was applied locally, and local control was achieved after 2 weeks. Five years later, CR was still maintained in her left breast. Mohs' paste played a crucial role in achieving local control of the exudation and bleeding from the exposed, unresected cancer. It proved to be an outstanding component of hormone-sensitive local treatment, working synergistically with systemic drug therapy and hormonal therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Breast Neoplasms* / complications
  • Breast Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Breast Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Chlorides / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Hormones
  • Humans
  • Zinc Compounds / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Mohs' paste
  • Chlorides
  • Zinc Compounds
  • Hormones