title: [Efficacy of etoposide in bone metastasis of breast cancer].
abstract: We have used ADM, MMC, CDDP and other drugs for a case of bone metastasis of breast cancer, but the bone destruction was advanced and she could not walk. We have also used etoposide, a new chemotherapeutic drug, for the same case. Two months later bone sclerosis was seen by X-ray film and pain disappeared. Bone sclerosis then advanced after 6 months, she has begun to stand, and after 8 months she has been able to walk with a cane. There was no severe side effect. Etoposide was very effective for bone metastasis of the breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, Second Hospital of Fujita Gakuen Health University.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaji
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsuruta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobayasi
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D005047:Etoposide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D005047:Etoposide