[A case of pagetoid carcinoma of the breast in nearly complete response by primary systemic therapy]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2011 Nov;38(11):1865-7.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 62-year-old female presented with an erosion of the left nipple. At the preoperative examination, it was diagnosed as a Pagetoid carcinoma with an invasive carcinoma. After primary systemic therapy(weekly paclitaxel/trastuzumab), we performed an operation. The only remaining Paget cell was confirmed in the resected specimen, and no other malignant cells were confirmed. There is no report that the preoperative chemotherapy for the Pagetoid carcinoma with an invasive carcinoma. The patient has had no evidence of recurrence 1. 5 years after the operation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / administration & dosage
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / therapeutic use*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Paclitaxel / administration & dosage
  • Paclitaxel / therapeutic use*
  • Paget's Disease, Mammary / drug therapy*
  • Paget's Disease, Mammary / pathology
  • Paget's Disease, Mammary / surgery
  • Trastuzumab

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Trastuzumab
  • Paclitaxel