title: [Three cases of breast cancer with skin metastasis after mastectomy treated by radiotherapy].
abstract: We reported three cases of patient with triple negative skin metastasis after mastectomy of breast cancer. All three cases had received radiotherapy for skin metastasis. Radiation therapy was effective for recurrent sites, and could improve patient's QOL. After radiotherapy, 2 patients died due to a distant metastasis. Case 1 was resistant to chemotherapy. Case 2 was no indication of chemotherapy because of dementia metastases. Case 3 was the only one continued chemotherapy. It appears that a further consideration was needed for the timing of radiotherapy to be performed among the treatments of locoregional recurrence and distant metastasis of breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Saiseikai Senri Hospital.
authors.forename: Setsuko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hojou
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Toyoda
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogino
authors.forename: Kaori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: Yujiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujie
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: Wakio
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Yoshiichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maeura
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary*