[A case of breast cancer patient of CAF (cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, 5-fluorouracil) resistant lung metastasis with remarkable response to reverse drug-resistance by toremifene]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1999 Jul;26(8):1171-5.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 43-year-old female underwent muscle preserving mastectomy with 6 cycles of adjuvant CMF chemotherapy for breast cancer. She developed multiple lung metastases 16 months later. The metastases were refractory to 3 cycles of CAF administration, and worsened (PD). We therefore added high-dose toremifene to her treatment. This combination therapy brought a marked decrease in the lung metastases. After 9 cycles of CAF with high-dose toremifene therapy, lung metastatic findings had almost disappeared from her chest X-ray. Following this treatment, UFT and toremifene were orally administered for maintenance therapy. Thirty-two months later at present, no increase in these lesions has been observed. High-dose antiestrogen drugs have the potential to inhibit P-glycoprotein. The combination of high-dose toremifene with CAF is potentially effective against ADM-resistant breast cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage*
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Estrogen Antagonists / administration & dosage*
  • Female
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Mastectomy
  • Toremifene / administration & dosage*

Substances

  • Estrogen Antagonists
  • Toremifene
  • Doxorubicin
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Fluorouracil

Supplementary concepts

  • CAF protocol