inflammatory breast neoplasms/progesterone

BACKGROUND Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most aggressive form of primary breast cancer. METHODS A 40-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for evaluation of an induration in the right breast, suspected to be breast cancer. The tumor was diagnosed as estrogen receptor-negative,

This report describes the case of a 67-year-old male with inflammatory breast cancer. He had noticed a left breast mass about seven years previously, but he had ignored it. He then visited our hospital 4 months previously when multiple small masses occurred in the left front chest wall. The tumor

BACKGROUND Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is an aggressive form of locally advanced breast cancer characterized by rapidly progressive breast erythema, pain and tenderness, oedema and paeu d'orange appearance. It accounts for 1-3% of all newly diagnosed cases of breast cancer in the west. Data on

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of (18)F-FDG PET/CT in predicting overall survival in inflammatory breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy. METHODS Included in this retrospective study were 53 patients with inflammatory breast cancer who had at least

From a series of 89 clinically inflammatory breast cancers, the authors settle a subgroup of tumors, the infiltrative ductal carcinomas with a pleomorphic structure. They have better histological and hormonal prognostic criteria than the other carcinomas, especially the infiltrative ductal

Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare and aggressive disease found almost exclusively in women. We present a case of a 51-year-old male with inflammatory breast carcinoma. The patient presented with a mass measuring roughly 7 cm with overlying erythema, peau d'orange appearance, and prominent nipple

We analyzed the role of endocrine responsiveness and HER2/neu overexpression in inflammatory breast cancer treated with multimodality preoperative therapy. Thirty-eight patients (estrogen receptor [ER] and/or progesterone receptor [PgR] >or=10% of the cells 21, premenopausal 14, Ki-67 expression

BACKGROUND Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) was shown as active but less toxic compared to doxorubicin in advanced breast cancer. Given its low cardiotoxicity, the combination of PLD and trastuzumab appears most attractive in the treatment of human epidermal factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive

OBJECTIVE Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is associated with very poor prognosis. The aims of this study are (a) to prospectively identify differential gene expression patterns associated with IBC and (b) to confirm these pathways using tissue arrays. METHODS For gene expression analysis, IBC

BACKGROUND Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rare but aggressive type of breast carcinoma. Despite multimodality approaches, the clinical outcome of patients with IBC remains poor. Tumors arising from cancer stem cells (CSCs) are associated with drug resistance, tumor recurrence, and poor

OBJECTIVE Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a clinical staging based on history and physical findings. Dermal lymphatic invasion (DLI) can occur with or without IBC. We examine how these independently affect outcome in women treated with postmastectomy radiation. METHODS Four hundred thirty-two

OBJECTIVE To examine the clinical, radiologic and pathologic findings of occult inflammatory breast cancer (OIBC) in order to identify features useful for diagnosis. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records of 19 women with OIBC observed at our Department between 1992 and 2001. We analysed

BACKGROUND Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is characterized by an aggressive clinical course with early metastasis and frequent resistance to conventional therapies. Identifying a novel therapeutic approach may improve the prognosis for patients with IBC. Because androgen receptor (AR)-expressing

We report a case of HER-2-positive advanced inflammatory breast cancer with invasive micropapillary component showing a complete response to trastuzumab and paclitaxel treatment. A 37-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for right breast swelling with broad skin redness and right axillary

Despite advances in multimodality treatment, inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) remains the most aggressive and lethal form of breast cancer. The use of primary human IBC cell lines and functional in vive xenograft cancer models have revealed characteristics innate to IBC thought to confer a strong