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- Title
A Retrospective Series of Long-Term Survivors of Metastatic Breast Cancer in Complete Remission.
- Authors
Amoroso, Vito; Valcamonico, Francesca; Simoncini, Edda; Ardighieri, Laura; Grisanti, Salvatore; Vassalli, Lucia; Marpicati, Patrizia; Lucini, Laura; Ferrari, Vittorio D.; Rangoni, Giovanni; Marini, Giovanni
- Abstract
Aim: To describe clinical features, treatment modalities and long-term outcome of patients with overt metastatic breast cancer in complete remission for more than 5 years. Patients and Methods: A retrospective survey of 12 patients who were referred to a single institution from 1982 to 1995. Results: The majority of the long-term survivors had a good performance status, endocrine-responsive disease and a single metastatic site. Ten patients had received chemotherapy, 8 patients hormone therapy, and 2 patients had been treated with surgery followed by systemic therapies. At a median follow-up of 11.7 years, 10 of the 12 patients were still in complete remission. The median duration of complete remission was 9.2 years (range 5.0–15.7 years). Conclusions: This case series confirms that only a few metastatic breast cancer patients could potentially be cured with multidisciplinary treatments. Copyright © 2005 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
BREAST cancer; METASTASIS; CANCER patients; SURGERY; THERAPEUTICS; ENDOCRINE diseases; DRUG therapy
- Publication
Oncology, 2005, Vol 68, Issue 1, p48
- ISSN
0030-2414
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000084819