[Recurrence of right breast cancer at the thoracic wall successfully treated with intra-arterial infusion of doxorubicin hydrochloride--a case report]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2002 Nov;29(12):2399-401.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report a recurrent case of breast cancer successfully treated with intra-arterial infusion of doxorubicin hydrochloride (ADM) combined with systemic CAF therapy. The patient, a 37-year-old woman, was diagnosed with a recurrence at the thoracic wall 55 months after curative resection for right breast cancer. She was treated with intra-arterial infusion chemotherapy of ADM, 30 mg, combined with systemic CAF therapy of cyclophosphamide, 100 mg from days 1 to 14, ADM, 30 mg on days 1 and 8, and 5-fluorouracil, 500 mg on days 1 and 8, as one course. Two courses of the treatment resulted in a complete response of the tumor. This result suggests that local and systemic chemotherapy could be effective for the treatment of local recurrence of breast cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery
  • Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage*
  • Female
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intra-Arterial*
  • Injections, Intra-Arterial
  • Mastectomy
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Thoracic Neoplasms / drug therapy

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Doxorubicin
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Fluorouracil

Supplementary concepts

  • CAF protocol