Multidisciplinary Treatment for Locally Advanced Mucinous Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to its indolent biology and high estrogen receptor positivity of mucinous breast cancer, vast majority of locally advanced mucinous breast cancer (LABC) are treated with first-line endocrine therapy.

Case presentation

A 50-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for the treatment of her huge breast tumor. Computed tomography showed an oval solid tumor, 17 cm in size, and lymph node swelling in both the axilla and parasternum. Pathological study of the core needle biopsy specimen showed the tumor to be luminal mucinous carcinoma. After the failure of endocrine therapy aiming for tumor regression, the patient received sequential chemotherapy to get favorable local control, leading to marked tumor shrinkage. Axillar and parasternal lymph nodes, however, remai

SUBMITTER: Hayashi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11324225 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature