Breast cancer
Brain metastases in patients with HER2+ breast cancerAngela (62 years old)
Angela, 62 years old, is a legal associate at an Embassy in Brussels. She was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer after she underwent a brain CT for long-term headache associated with nausea.
- No relevant medical history
- Brain CT: multiple suspicious spots
- Neurologic clinical exam: normal
- PET scan: breast lesion, multiple liver lesions and pleural effusion
- Brain MRI: 12 brain lesions (all <1 cm, location: sub- and infratentorial)
- Tumour biology (biopsy breast lesion): ER 0%, PgR 0%, HER2 IHC 3+
- ECOG PS: 0
- Local treatment of brain metastases by WBRT; controlled