[A case of inflammatory breast cancer well treated with intraarterial infusion chemotherapy-- evaluation of therapy by contact thermography].
A case of inflammatory breast cancer, for which an intra-arterial infusion chemotherapy was reported that it was effective. A 63 year-old woman was admitted with the complaint of left breast mass and reddish skin. Clinically it was diagnosed to be inflammatory breast cancer and was treated with an intra-arterial infusion. Contact thermography was employed for the efficacy of the treatment. Three weeks after the chemotherapy the temperature of the tumor site was decreased with a reduction of the tumor size. But, the opposite symptoms appeared before the tum or size increased. Contact thermography seemed to be useful for an evaluation of the preoperative chemotherapy for inflammatory breast cancer.
Usuki
H
H
Second Dept. of Surgery, Okayama University Medical School.
Murakami
M
M
Komatsubara
S
S
Teramoto
S
S
Kawasaki
S
S
Misumi
T
T
Morokoshi
Y
Y
Yamamoto
M
M
Ono
M
M
Kawai
K
K
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction; D013817:Thermography / Q000379:methods
D004317:Doxorubicin