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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-9-27
pubmed:abstractText
A 73-year-old postmenopausal woman had a 13 cm-sized huge tumor in her left breast with an extensive purple skin color change. She had sternal destruction, axillary and supraclavicular lymph node metastases (T4bN3M1, Stage IV). Core needle biopsy showed invasive ductal carcinoma with positive hormone receptor (ER+++, PgR+++). She was treated with 1 mg per day of anastrozole. The tumor decreased in size gradually and became operable after 7.5 months of the anastrozole monotherapy. She underwent mastectomy and axillary node clearance. The resected specimen showed a 3.5 cm sized tumor with significant fibrosis and scanty viable tumor cells. We concluded that neoadjuvant therapy with anastrozole is a good choice for receptor-positive postmenopausal breast cancer, especially for elderly or poor risk women.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0385-0684
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1301-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
[Neoadjuvant endocrine therapy with anastrozole significantly downstaged an elderly breast cancer woman with locally-advanced breast cancer which became operable].
pubmed:affiliation
Dept. of Breast Surgery, Sagara Hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports