title: [A case of breast cancer with bone marrow and liver metastases responding completely to low-dose weekly paclitaxel combined with toremifene].
abstract: A 36-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of general malaise in October 1999. She was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer with bone marrow and liver metastases. Low-dose weekly paclitaxel (60 mg/body/week) combined with toremifene (120 mg/day) was started in December 1999. Myelofunction was recovered after 2 weeks of chemotherapy (CT), and the primary tumors and cervical/axillary lymphadenopathy disappeared after 4 weeks of CT. Bone marrow and liver metastases was no longer detected after 16 weeks of CT, and the case was evaluated as a complete response (CR). The same therapy has been performed for eight months and no evidence of recurrence has been observed.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Yokosuka City Municipal Hospital.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Momiyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kameda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Natori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takekawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kubo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019046:Bone Marrow Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012074:Remission Induction; D017312:Toremifene / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D017312:Toremifene; D017239:Paclitaxel