[Efficacy of supportive care for albumin-bound paclitaxel(nab-paclitaxel)in 20 patients with metastatic breast cancer].

Purpose: The objective of this retrospective study was to evaluate the efficacy of albumin-bound paclitaxel(nab-paclitaxel) treatment and the required supportive care for severe adverse events.

Methods: A total of 20 patients with advanced or recurrent breast cancer received nab-paclitaxel every 3 weeks between February 1, 2011 and December 31, 2012. The treatment course was repeated for 6 cycles thereafter, until evidence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity was noted.

[The current status of nausea, vomiting and food intake in outpatients with cancer chemotherapy].

A survey on chemotherapy-induced nausea, vomiting and food intake was conducted on 126 outpatients receiving chemotherapy during a days from February 1 to February 12, 2010 in our hospital. Responses were obtained from 66 outpatients. In the acute phase, 11%of the patients developed nausea.

[Breast cancer during pregnancy--a case report].

Pregnancy-associated breast carcinoma is generally defined as cancer that occurs during pregnancy or within 1 year of delivery, although treatment options are the most complicated when the disease is diagnosed during pregnancy. We report the case of a 30-year-old woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer at her 9th week of pregnancy. The patient initially had mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection.