[A case report of neoadjuvant intra-arterial injection chemotherapy combined with peripheral blood stem cell reinfusion in an advanced breast cancer patient]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1998 Apr;25(5):735-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A seventy-one year-old woman suffered from Stage IIIb advanced breast cancer complicated with direct thoracic invasion and skin eruption. An indwelling intra-arterial catheter was inserted into the subclavian artery for the administration of anti tumor agents. After three courses of neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with G-CSF and/or PBSCT reinfusion, the breast cancer revealed a remarkable size reduction and was absent from direct thoracic and pectoral muscle, invasion within the physical status and visual analysis by CT scan. Thereafter, the patient underwent a radical mastectomy. In the pathological findings of the operation specimen, despite a remarkable tumor collapse, the microscopic invasion remained in the shallow layer of the pectoral muscle. Thus, the patient should be given additional postoperative irradiation. The patients has had six months of stable tumor-free survival since the mastectomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Breast Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery
  • Breast Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / radiotherapy
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / therapy*
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Epirubicin / administration & dosage
  • Etoposide / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / administration & dosage
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Infusion Pumps, Implantable*
  • Infusions, Intra-Arterial
  • Mastectomy, Radical*

Substances

  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
  • Epirubicin
  • Etoposide
  • Cisplatin

Supplementary concepts

  • EEP protocol