From Chemo Rejection to Regional Radiation: A Post-Mastectomy Dilemma

A 60-year-old woman with no known family history of breast cancer and an unremarkable medical history presented to her primary care physician after self-palpating a mass in her left breast. A mammogram and ultrasound demonstrated a 3.5 × 3.4-cm mass at 7 o’clock, 5 cm from the nipple in her left breast. A biopsy showed infiltrating, moderately differentiated mammary carcinoma with ductal and lobular features. Estrogen and progesterone receptors stained positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 was negative by immunohis tochemistry, and Ki67 was>50%.
Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Gray Zone Source Type: research