[A case of locally recurrent breast cancer in which phlebothrombosis of the right leg after hormonal therapy using a high dose of toremifene citrate].

A 72-year-old female had undergone mastectomy at the age of 67 for right breast cancer (T2a, n1 alpha, positive for ER). In the surgery the pectoralis muscle was preserved. For adjuvant therapy, 20 mg/day of tamoxifen was orally administered for 5 years.