title: Role of chemotherapy in acute breast cancer. Analysis of 41 cases.
abstract: Clinical and therapeutic results in a series of 41 patients treated for inflammatory cancer of the breast lend emphasis to the selection criteria to be included in a short (approximately two months) clinical history to complement Haagensen's criteria. Chemotherapy improved the previous very poor results obtained in this condition. Survival after surgery and radiotherapy were less than 5% at five years, and this is compared with the prognosis in the series study. However, these results are still only fair in absolute terms and there is still no currently available alternative solution to attempt to achieve a marked improvement in the course of the lesion.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiothérapie, Faculté de Médecine, CHRU de Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Calderoli
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: de Manzini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Keiling
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D014750:Vincristine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D005472:Fluorouracil; D008727:Methotrexate