A Case of Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Successfully Treated with Multidisciplinary Therapy. 2020

Masafumi Tomita, and Shoji Oura, and Shinichiro Makimoto
Department of Surgery, Kishiwada Tokushukai Hospital, Kishiwada, Japan.

A 42-year-old woman with locally advanced luminal breast cancer was referred to our hospital. Ultrasonography showed marked skin thickening with obscured breast mass. Positron emission tomography showed bilateral swelling in the axillar, parasternal, and supraclavicular lymph nodes in addition to the primary breast cancer. Following the patient's request, we treated her with primary bevacizumab-containing chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy to the breast due to the histologically proven widely spreading cancer remnants in the skin after chemotherapy. Thereafter, the patient underwent mastectomy and axillary dissection with a vertical rectus abdominis musculo-cutaneous flap to cover the skin defect. Pathological examination showed no viable cancer cells both in the breast and lymph nodes but imperceptible cytokeratin AE1 + 3-positive cells in the skin. Although wound healing needed 3 months due to the influence of preoperative radiotherapy, the patient has been well on endocrine therapy without any recurrence for more than 7 years.

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