[A Case of Chemotherapy with Low-Dose Paclitaxel and Bevacizumab for Elderly Recurrent Breast Cancer Patient]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2020 Dec;47(13):2038-2040.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

An 86-year-old woman underwent mastectomy with sentinel lymph node biopsy for cStage ⅡA breast cancer. The subtype of tumor was triple negative breast cancer. Pulmonary metastasis was found 1 month after surgery. Chemotherapy was done because of her good performance status(PS)and her hope. Administration of S-1 produced SD status of tumor for 8 months. However, NCC-ST-439 was increased and tumor size was enlarged. Therefore, the second line of chemotherapy by low-dose- biweekly paclitaxel and bevacizumab was planned because of her high age and good PS. Thereafter, tumor maker levels dramatically decreased and lung metastasis turned to be small. This therapy had been continued without any severe adverse events for 9 months. Unfortunately, this therapy was failed because of proteinuria, but pulmonary metastasis kept favorable efficacy during administration. Biweekly low-dose paclitaxel and bevacizumab therapy can be safe and effective therapy even for elderly patient with recurrent and metastatic breast cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Bevacizumab / therapeutic use
  • Breast Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Breast Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mastectomy
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / drug therapy
  • Paclitaxel* / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Bevacizumab
  • Paclitaxel