Good outcome after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and extended surgical resection for a large radiation-induced high-grade breast sarcoma

International Seminars in Surgical Oncology - Tập 3 - Trang 1-7 - 2006
Claudio Almeida Quadros1, Alessandro Vasconcelos2, Roque Andrade2, Rogério Santos Ramos3, Eduardo Studart4, Geraldo Nascimento1, André Trajano5
1Surgical Oncologist, Oncological Society of Bahia – ONCO, Salvador, Brazil
2Clinical Oncologist, Oncological Society of Bahia – ONCO, Salvador, Brazil
3Plastic Surgeon, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
4Pathologist, Silvany Studart Pathology Laboratory, Salvador, Brazil
5Thoracic Surgeon, Portuguese Hospital, Salvador, Brazil

Tóm tắt

This article is a case report of a high grade, radio-induced, breast malignant fibrous histiocytoma (undifferentiated high grade pleomorphic sarcoma), which developed in a 44-year old female, seven years after breast conservative surgery and radiotherapy for a T1N0M0 invasive left breast ductal carcinoma. The sarcoma presented as a fast growing tumour, 9.5 cm in the largest diameter, with skin, left breast, chest wall muscle and rib invasion. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy was performed with epirubicin and ifosfamide. Extended radical surgery according to oncological standards and soft tissue reconstruction were carried out. Despite bad prognostic features of high grade and large invasive sarcoma, the patient is currently, after 44 months of follow up, without local recurrence, or metastases, exceeding the 12.8-month mean recurrence period and mortality rate for these tumours larger than 8.1 cm (± 1.2 cm) as described in the literature.

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