title: [Study of surgical resection of sternal metastasis from carcinoma of the breast].
abstract: Three patients with a sternal metastasis from a carcinoma of the breast were treated with a partial resection of their sternum . Two patients died 13 and 14 months after their sternectomy. The remaining patients, however, has survived without a subsequent metastasis for 7 years. The sternal metastasis in the 7-year survival case was confined to the sternum for 7 months before the metastatic resection. Thus, a sternectomy, followed by chemo-endocrine therapy for several months may be indicated for patients with a solitary sternal metastasis, if there is no evidence of a systemic spread.
authors.affiliation: 1st Dept. of Surgery, Teikyo Univ. School of Med.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takanami
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate