Radiotherapy to pulmonary metastases of a malignant phyllodes tumor of the breast
| Autor: | Hironobu Sato, Haruomi Muto, Tsutomu Saito, Takashi Yoshinobu, Jiro Kawamori, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Takako Sato, Ken-ichi Kato |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Postoperative radiotherapy Hematology General Medicine Malignant phyllodes tumor medicine.disease Metastasis Surgery Radiation therapy Lesion Oncology Respiratory failure Surgical oncology medicine Radiology medicine.symptom business Mastectomy |
| Zdroj: | International Journal Of Clinical Oncology. 3:337-341 |
| ISSN: | 1437-7772 1341-9625 |
| Popis: | A bulky right breast tumor (15 × 15 cm) was discovered in a 54-year-old woman, and a simple mastectomy was performed, followed by 50 Gy of postoperative radiotherapy. Histologically, the tumor was malignant phyllodes tumor of the breast. Nine months after the mastectomy, multiple pulmonary metastases were detected and three lesions were treated with radiotherapy of 60 Gy/30 fractions for 43–54 days. Two lesions (16 × 12 mm and 18 × 16 mm) showed a partial response and no progression 2–4 months after the radiotherapy. The other lesion (22 × 18 mm) showed a partial response but progressed again 3 months later. She died of respiratory failure 18 months after the mastectomy. She also had muscle metastasis, but there were no locoregional recurrences. The malignant phyllodes tumor in this patient, showed a partial response to radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is considered useful for local control or symptomatic treatment of malignant phyllodes tumor. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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