title: Metastatic breast cancer response after Exemestane withdrawal: a case report.
abstract: A forty-three year old female patient with right sided breast cancer was treated with adjuvant radiotherapy and Tamoxifen. She had a relapse in the right supraclavicular fossa after a disease free period of 12 years. She progressed, after a short period of disease stabilization on Idoxifene followed by a further stable period on Anastrazole. At further disease relapse, she was commenced on Exemestane. After a period of disease stabilization and subsequent disease progression in the right supraclavicular fossa, Exemestane was discontinued. Six weeks later there was a marked regression of the right supraclavicular mass. Withdrawal response to Tamoxifen is well documented. To our knowledge a similar response after Exemestane withdrawal has not been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK. sabhide@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bhide
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Rea
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000730:Androstadienes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D047072:Aromatase Inhibitors; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous
chemical_list: D000730:Androstadienes; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D047072:Aromatase Inhibitors; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; C056516:exemestane