Antineoplastics
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Reactions 404 - 6 Jun 1992 S Antineoplastics Breast cancer: case report 16 years after receiving vincristine, cyclophosphamide, mitomycin, chromomycin and carboquone for osteosarcoma of the left knee, a 24-year-old woman presented with a mass in the upper outer quadrant of her left breast She had received the antineoplastic therapy for about 2 years before and after amputation of her left femur. Mammography and ultrasonography revealed a tumour shadow and multiple cysts. Fine needle aspiration of the tumour revealed cancerous cells. A radical mastectomy was performed and the patient received antineoplastic therapy for 2 years. She was disease- free 45 months after surgery. Author comment: ’This case was distinctive because the patient had no irradiation of the chest wall and had been treated only with chemotherapy before developing breast cancer as a second primary tumor.’ Ikeda T, et al. Breast cancer developing after chemotherapy for osteosarcoma: a case report. Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 21: 444-446, Dec 1991 - Japan 800135865 1 Reactions 6 Jun 1992 No. 404 0114-9954/10/0404-0001/$14.95 Adis © 2010 Springer International Publishing AG. All rights reserved
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Reactions 404 - 6 Jun 1992
SAntineoplastics
Breast cancer: case report16 years after receiving vincristine, cyclophosphamide,
mitomycin, chromomycin and carboquone for osteosarcomaof the left knee, a 24-year-old woman presented with a mass inthe upper outer quadrant of her left breast She had receivedthe antineoplastic therapy for about 2 years before and afteramputation of her left femur.
Mammography and ultrasonography revealed a tumourshadow and multiple cysts. Fine needle aspiration of thetumour revealed cancerous cells.
A radical mastectomy was performed and the patientreceived antineoplastic therapy for 2 years. She was disease-free 45 months after surgery.
Author comment: ’This case was distinctive because thepatient had no irradiation of the chest wall and had beentreated only with chemotherapy before developing breastcancer as a second primary tumor.’Ikeda T, et al. Breast cancer developing after chemotherapy for osteosarcoma: acase report. Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 21: 444-446, Dec 1991 -Japan 800135865
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Reactions 6 Jun 1992 No. 4040114-9954/10/0404-0001/$14.95 Adis © 2010 Springer International Publishing AG. All rights reserved
