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Zehetleitner, G; Thiel, I; Petru, E.
Long-term disease-free survival after breast cancer metastatic to the ovary.
Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2002; 12(3):317-318
Doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1438.2002.t01-2-01126.x
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- Petru Edgar
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- The prognosis of patients with breast cancer symptomatically metastatic to the ovary is almost uniformly poor. In this case report, we present a 33-year-old para-4 with a symptomatic metastasis to the ovary. Previously, a modified radical mastectomy with adjuvant radiotherapy had been performed for invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast. Laparotomy showed a 13-cm tumor of the left ovary; frozen section histology showed malignancy consistent with the previous breast cancer. The patient received adjuvant combination chemotherapy. About 5 years later, a carcinoma of the right breast was treated with conservative surgery and adjuvant radiation and chemotherapy. After a further 4 years, a recurrence at the left chest wall was treated with radiation. At the last follow-up, more than 13 years after the first breast cancer and 12 years after the ovarian metastasis, the patient was alive and well without evidence of disease. Bilateral oophorectomy is a therapeutic option in premenopausal patients with localized or advanced breast cancer. Our patient experienced long-term disease-free survival following an isolated metastasis to one ovary. This represents the first report of long-term survival of such a patient in the literature.
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- Breast Neoplasms - pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - radiotherapy
- Disease-Free Survival - radiotherapy
- Female - radiotherapy
- Humans - radiotherapy
- Laparotomy - radiotherapy
- Mastectomy, Radical - radiotherapy
- Ovarian Neoplasms - radiotherapy
- Radiotherapy, Adjuvant - radiotherapy
- Treatment Outcome - radiotherapy
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- breast cancer
- long-term survival
- ovarian metastasis