[Case report of advanced breast cancer responding to capecitabine and trastuzumab combination therapy]

We conducted a concomitant administration of capecitabine (2,400 mg/day for 21 days followed by a 7-day interval) and trastuzumab (2 mg/kg weekly) to a 73-year-old female patient with impaired lower limb function diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer. The patient had a complete response (CR) to pulmonary metastases, and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level had normalized from 46.4 ng/ml to 0.6 ng/ml. Left mastectomy was performed in order to control bleeding from tumors. No adverse events attributable to medication were observed. The concomitant administration of capecitabine and trastuzumab is a promising therapy with the potential to greatly improve patient quality of life (QOL).