Quackenbush Kevin, Amini Arya, Fisher Christine M, Rabinovitch Rachel
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Cureus. 2017 Jul 2;9(7):e1417. doi: 10.7759/cureus.1417.
Radiation therapy is a well-established palliative treatment for symptomatic metastases from breast cancer. This is also true of symptomatic primary breast tumors in patients with metastatic disease or in those who are medically inoperable. Further, local progression in the chest wall can severely impair quality of life, with local pain, bleeding, and significant impact on one's self-image. Here, we present the case of a patient who showed an exceptional response to a palliative hypofractionated radiation course to her bleeding, fungating breast primary.
放射治疗是一种成熟的针对乳腺癌有症状转移灶的姑息治疗方法。对于有转移疾病的患者或因医学原因无法手术的患者中出现症状的原发性乳腺肿瘤，情况也是如此。此外，胸壁局部进展会严重损害生活质量，导致局部疼痛、出血，并对患者自我形象产生重大影响。在此，我们报告一例患者，其对姑息性大分割放疗疗程治疗出血性、溃疡性乳腺原发灶表现出特别的反应。
