Experience with eribulin in patients with breast cancer and cutaneous metastases: case studies

Skin localization occurs in about 25% of women with metastatic breast cancer and represents a major therapeutic challenge. Although clinical literature on response of cutaneous metastases to chemotherapy is scarce, good response to eribulin has been reported. Herein, the clinical courses of three women with skin lesions secondary to metastatic breast cancer are described. The first patient achieved a complete clinical response in skin metastases with good tolerability to fourth-line eribulin (progression-free survival [PFS]: 8.5 months). In the second case, eribulin administered as fifth-line chemotherapy produced an objective response and PFS of 6 months with good tolerability. The third patient also received eribulin in the fifth line and had a visible skin response from the first administration (PFS: 5 months).