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Metastatic breast cancer – A curious case

Cancer case studies in India
Patient Details:
  • 66 year female
  • 2014 – Her2 enriched left sided IDC
  • NACT – 4 AC – 12T followed by left MRM
  • yp T1b N2a – completed trastuzumab till 2015
  • 2 years EFI
  • July 2017 – metastatic disease
  • Bx – Her 2 enriched disease
  • Sites – nodes and lung
Case Details:
  • Course from 2017 till 2019
  • Abraxane plus trastuzumab
  • Lapatinib plus capecitabine
  • Trastuzumab plus everolimus
  • Lipodox plus vinorelbine plus trastuzumab
  • Trastuzumab plus lapatinib
  • Kadcyla – started in Oct 2018
  • Kadcyla continued till may 2019
  • Progression on kadcyla
  • Extensive skin lesions
  • Biopsy – triple negative disease
  • ER negative, PR negative and Her 2 neu negative on IHC
  • Started on gemcitabine plus carboplatin
  • Received 8 cycles so far
  • Clinically better from cycle 2
  • In view of her 2 being negative on IHC , FISH was done
  • FISH was positive for her 2 neu