title: [A case of locally advanced breast cancer for which local control was obtained by combination therapy].
abstract: The patient was a 40-year-old woman who was experiencing right-axillary lymph node(LN) swelling. She was diagnosed with suspected malignant lymphoma, but the final diagnosis was advanced breast cancer. Luminal A type breast cancer was determined from the biopsy, and docetaxel therapy and cyclophosphamide+doxorubicin+5-fluorouracil (CAF) enabled a clinical complete response to be obtained. The surgery performed was a mastectomy with pectoral muscle merger. The primary tumor obtained a histological complete response. However, radiotherapy was given to the chest wall and regional lymph nodes because of metastasis to lymph nodes. She is currently alive without recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Gastroenterology and General Surgery, Nara Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: Toyoki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakajima
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents