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Studying Triple Negative Breast Cancer Using Orthotopic Breast Cancer Model
Published on: March 20, 2020
[Brain Metastasis of Triple Negative Breast Cancer after Pathological Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy -
Eiko Sakata1, Yuka Endo, Aya Miyahira
1Dept. of Breast Surgery, Niigata City General Hospital.
Abstract:
We report the case of a patient with triple negative breast cancer(TNBC)who showed isolated brain metastasis relatively soon after pathological complete response(pCR)to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. A 45-year-old woman with a diagnosis of TNBC(T2N1M0, Stage II B)received neoadjuvant chemotherapy with 5-FU/epirubicin/cyclophosphamide(FEC), followed by docetaxel. After the neoadjuvant chemotherapy, she underwent mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection. Histological examination of the resected specimens revealed pCR. Brain metastasis, however, developed 7 months after the resection. She underwent total removal of the brain tumor and 50 Gy irradiation to the right frontal lobe. Histological examination confirmed a diagnosis of metastasis from TNBC. She is doing well with no evidence of disease 81 months after resection of the brain metastasis. This case and a review of the literature suggest that the clinician should be aware that brain metastasis from breast cancer may develop even after achieving pCR to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Surgical resection followed by radiotherapy may provide a survival benefit for selected patients with isolated brain metastasis from breast cancer.
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