Abstract
In this article, we report on a case of a pregnant patient with synchronous bilateral breast cancer treated with weekly paclitaxel. She presented after right mastectomy and anthracycline-based chemotherapy at an outside facility. Staging studies at our hospital before taxane administration demonstrated a 19-20-week gravid uterus and tumor in the remaining left breast. Weekly paclitaxel was given preoperatively during pregnancy. A normal male infant was delivered. Upon completion of chemotherapy, the patient underwent mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection followed by comprehensive radiation therapy to the chest wall.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 317-319 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Clinical breast cancer |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2004 |
Keywords
- Axillary lymph node
- Estrogen receptor
- Mastectomy
- Progesterone receptor
- Taxanes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Cancer Research