title: Postradiation squamous cell cancer of the breast.
abstract: Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the breast is a rare clinical entity. We diagnosed a patient who presented with a pure squamous cell cancer of the breast 12 years after local radiation for a primary adenocarcinoma of breast. Previously reported cancers related to radiation of the breast have been squamous cell of skin and esophagus and sarcomas, especially angiosarcomas, and on literature review this is the first reported case of primary squamous carcinoma of the breast related to previous radiation. Although our observation suggests a possible link, no established cause and effect relationship is known at this point.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kinsella
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Lynch
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects