Breast cancer
INACTIVE --- Systemic therapy for early stage triple-negative breast cancerVanessa (51 years old)
Vanessa is a 51-year-old artist. It started as a hobby but now she regularly exhibits her paintings which sell really well. She was diagnosed with breast cancer after she felt a lump in the right breast.
Assessment summary
- Premenopausal
- No family history of breast and ovarian cancer
- No relevant medical history, ECOG PS: 0
- Tumour size: cT2 (28 mm), LN status: cN0
- Tumour biology: ductal invasive carcinoma of NST, ER 0, PgR 0, HER2 0, Ki67 60%, grade II
- CT scan chest/abdomen and bone scan: no distant metastases
- Primary systemic therapy: 4 cycles EC dd + 12 cycles of weekly paclitaxel
- BCS + SLNB
- Pathology report: no residual tumour, stage ypT0N0