chest pain/유방암

OBJECTIVE Lipegfilgrastim is a once-per-cycle, fixed-dose, glycoPEGylated recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) recently approved in Europe to reduce the duration of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia and incidence of febrile neutropenia in patients with cancer receiving

A case of recurrent breast cancer with metastases to the lung and bone responding well to cisplatin and vindesine in a 45-year-old woman was reported. She had a radical mastectomy for the right breast cancer (pT2N0M0) at 28 years old. She was well until March 1985, when right iliac bone pain

OBJECTIVE Risedronate prevents bone loss in postmenopausal women. The purpose of this study was to determine whether risedronate prevents bone loss in premenopausal women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. METHODS Premenopausal women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer were treated

We examined the efficacy, toxicity, and survival rate of patients treated with local administration of adriamycin (ADM) for malignant pleural effusion and pericardial effusion in breast cancer. From May 1996 to December 2002, we injected ADM into the pleural cavity for 21 courses and into the

We report a case of a 55-year-old woman who underwent mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection for right breast cancer( T2N1cM0) 7 years previously. She had been experiencing chest pain for 1 year. Ultrasonography( US) showed a low echoic mass, 1 cm in diameter, near the rib in the right breast

We describe a patient with breast cancer who relapsed with an extensive pulmonary lymphovascular tumor embolism. A 38-year-old female, who previously received neoadjuvant chemotherapy and curative resection of breast cancer, underwent adjuvant chemotherapy and was referred to the emergency room

A 61-year-old woman presented with metastatic breast cancer in her right lung 4 years and 11 months after the operation for her right breast cancer(HER2 enriched type). Chemotherapy(pertuzumab plus trastuzumab plus docetaxel)were ad- ministered. On day 2 of cycle 2, pegfilgrastim was administered

OBJECTIVE Radiotherapy in breast cancer patients is limited by lung tissue tolerance. Two complications involving the lung are known: radiation pneumonitis (RP) and radiation fibrosis. The aim of the study was to evaluate the pattern of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in patients with RP after

BACKGROUND Older patients with advanced breast cancer are less likely to receive chemotherapy than younger patients. Vinorelbine is an attractive alternative in this setting because of its clinical activity and low frequency of side effects. This multicenter, phase II trial was designed to assess

Pleural effusion of carcinomatous pleurisy is relatively common and a significant problem in recurrent breast cancer patients. It's very important to control it to keep a good quality of life for those patients. Two recurrent breast cancer patients, suffering from carcinomatous pleurisy and dyspnea

Bone is the most common metastatic site of breast cancer (BC) and sternal metastasis usually occurs in an isolated setting. We performed sternal reconstruction using a new total titanium custom-made neosternum after subtotal sternectomy for an isolated BC metastasis. Postoperative care was

In a 75-year-old woman with a swelling in her left breast, a 39-year-old woman with an anal fissure due to diarrhoea and a 65-year-old woman with chest pain, a mammary tumour was diagnosed that did not originate in mammary tissue. These were a recurrent melanoma, a carcinoma of the thyroid and a

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in pregnancy. Though the prognosis by stage is not different from that in nonpregnant women, it is more likely to present at an advanced stage in pregnancy. METHODS A 28-year-old primigravida presented with dyspnea and pleuritic chest

Details on the 28-year treatment history of a patient with an endocrine-responsive breast cancer are provided. She was originally diagnosed as having a T1N0M0 cancer after a modified radical mastectomy at age 41. Fifteen years later, in 1998, she presented with hemoptysis and pleuritic chest pain: a