[A case of late recurrent breast cancer that responded to radiation therapy and cisplatin plus pemetrexed therapy]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2013 Mar;40(3):371-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

The patient was a 62-year-old woman who had undergone modified radical mastectomy for right breast cancer 19 years before. She was examined at our hospital for cough and hoarseness. After PET-CT and bronchoscopy, she was diagnosed with stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer. Radiation therapy and cisplatin plus pemetrexed therapy were effective, and she made a recovery from a life-threatening conditon. During observation, a skin nodule was noticed on her right chest wall, and excisional biopsy revealed a skin metastasis from breast cancer. A transbronchial lung biopsy(TBLB)specimen was reexamined, and the lung lesion was shown to be metastasis from breast cancer. By changing to endocrine therapy, the disease has been effectively controlled.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Breast Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / therapy*
  • Chemoradiotherapy*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Glutamates / administration & dosage
  • Guanine / administration & dosage
  • Guanine / analogs & derivatives
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Lung Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pemetrexed
  • Recurrence
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary
  • Skin Neoplasms / therapy*

Substances

  • Glutamates
  • Pemetrexed
  • Guanine
  • Cisplatin