Publications by authors named "Mizuho Tazo"
Background: Breast metastasis from small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (SNEC) is very rare. In the present report, we describe a case of a female patient who was initially diagnosed with triple negative primary bilateral breast cancer, but during systemic examination, the diagnosis was bilateral breast metastasis from SNEC.
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old woman with no history of smoking presented to the Department of General Medicine with left-sided chest pain, and computed tomography revealed masses in both breasts and left pleural thickening that was further confirmed by mammography and ultrasound of the breasts.
Background: Ultrasound-guided percutaneous cryoablation (PCA) for early-stage breast cancer (ESBC) can be performed under local anesthesia in an outpatient clinic. This study continues a pilot stage to examine local control, safety, patient quality of life (QoL), satisfaction and cosmetic outcomes of cryoablation for ESBC.
Methods: PCA was performed under local anesthesia for patients with primary ESBC, followed by radiation and endocrine therapies.
Background: Attention has been focused on attempts to eliminate breast surgery for breast cancer patients who achieve a pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). However, there are few data on ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) among patients with triple-negative or epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive (HER2+) tumors who achieve a pathologic complete response after NAC and breast-conserving treatment.
Methods: Using a multi-institutional retrospective database, this study evaluated the risk factors for IBTR among patients with newly diagnosed stages 1 to 3 breast cancer involving triple-negative or HER2+ tumors who achieved ypT0 after NAC and breast-conserving treatment.