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Objective: To analyze the clinical pathological features of one patient with accessory breast cancer (ABC), and to explore the diagnosis, treatment, operation methods and prognosis of ABC patient. Methods: The patient received right axillary tumor resection, right axillary accessory breast resection and axillary lymph node dissection, didn't receive resection of breast in the affected side. According to the intraoperative frozen pathological diagnosis, the clinical diagnosis was ABC. After operation, the patient was treated with 8 cycles of AC-T regimen adjuvant chemotherapy (The first four cycles were given pirarubicin 60 mg · m-2, cyclophosphamide 600 mg · m-2 per cycle; the last four cycles were given docetaxel 100 mg · m-2 per cycle; every three weeks was a cycle of treatment), radiation therapy (The radiation dose was 50 Gy/25 f in the upper and lower part of the right collarbone and the tumor bed area, and after retract the tumor bed area was increased to 60 Gy) and endocrine therapy (Tamoxifen was administered at 20 mg per day). Results: The patient's breast color ultrasound and mammogram examination indicated that the right axillary mass of the patient was more likely to be malignant. The clinical diagnosis was right axillary ABC. According to the NCCN guide, the patient was treated with the standardized comprehensive treatment based on surgical treatment. 16 months after operation, the patient recovered well and had a normal life. There was no upper limb dysfunction and no lateral upper limb lymphedema, and there were no recurrence or metastasis Conclusion: ABC is extremely rarely seen in clinical practice. The clinical pathological features and treatment of ABC are similar to breast cancer. If there is no lesion in the mammary gland, it is not necessary to remove the mammary gland in the affected side.
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Objective:To analyze the clinical pathological features of one patient with accessory breast cancer (ABC),and to explore the diagnosis,treatment,operation methods and prognosis of ABC patient.Methods:The patient received right axillary tumor resection,right axillary accessory breast resection and axillary lymph node dissection,didn't receive resection of breast in the affected side.According to the intraoperative frozen pathological diagnosis,the clinical diagnosis was ABC.After operation,the patient was treated with 8 cycles of AC-T regimen adjuvant chemotherapy(The first four cycles were given pirarubicin 60 mg·m-2,cyclophosphamide 600 mg·m-2 per cycle;the last four cycles were given docetaxel 100 mg·m-2per cycle;every three weeks was a cycle of treatment),radiation therapy(The radiation dose was 50 Gy/25 f in the upper and lower part of the right collarbone and the tumor bed area,and after retract the tumor bed area was increased to 60 Gy)and endocrine therapy(Tamoxifen was administered at 20 mg per day).Results:The patient's breast color ultrasound and mammogram examination indicated that the right axillary mass of the patient was more likely to be malignant.The clinical diagnosis was right axillary ABC.According to the NCCN guide,the patient was treated with the standardized comprehensive treatment based on surgical treatment.16 months after operation,the patient recovered well and had a normal life.There was no upper limb dysfunction and no lateral upper limb lymphedema,and there were no recurrence or metastasis.Conclusion:ABC is extremely rarely seen in clinical practice.The clinical pathological features and treatment of ABC are similar to breast cancer.If there is no lesion in the mammary gland, it is not necessary to remove the mammary gland in the affected side.
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Objective To investigate the clinicopathological characteristics,diagnosis and therapy,as well as the prognosis of accessory breast cancer. Methods Twenty-two cases were diagnosed as accessory breast cancer from Jan 1,1984 to Dec 31,2008, their clinicopatholgical data were analyzed retrospectively.Results Up to Mar. 1, 2010,2 cases had local recurrence;7 cases had long-distance metastasis;6 cases died. In the current study,the 5-year survival rate of accessory breast cancer was 43. 7%. Conclusions Accessory breast cancer is aggressive. The diagnosis was mainly based on clinical characteristics and postoperative pathology. The combined therapies may improve the survival rate.
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Objective: To study the clinicopathological characteristics，diagnosis，multiple modality therapy and prognosis of accessory breast cancer. Methods: Clinical data of 38 patients with accessory breast cancer seen in our hospital between October 1985 and November 2007. Results: The 38 cases of accessory breast cancer accounted for 0.15% of all 26,078 breast cancer cases during the same period.Six patients of stage Ⅰ and 3 patients of stage Ⅱ underwent breast-conserving local wide excision of the tumor plus axillary lymph node dissection,with the resection margins pathologically negative.The other 9 cases of stage Ⅱ patients were treated with Auchincloss mastectomy.Stage Ⅲ and stage Ⅳ patients were treated with Auchincloss or Halsted mastectomy.The most common histological type of accessory breast cancer was infiltrating ductal Carcinoma for 18 patients(47.4%)，of which 3 cases were associated with adenoma of the nipple tube.There were 6 cases of carcinoma simplex，6 cases of intraductal Carcinoma，3 cases of adenocarcinoma with focal squamous cancer cells differentiation，3 cases of medullary carcinoma，and 2 cases of mucinous adenocarcinoma.The most common pathological stages(according to AJCC staging of breast cancer,2002.6th edition)were stage Ⅱ and Ⅲ in 12 cases(31.6%)，stage Ⅰ in 6 cases，and stage Ⅳ in 8 cases.All patients were followed-up for 1 to 23 years.The median follow-up time was 6 years and 7 months，and the follow-up rate was 100%.Until November 2008，12 patients died of metastasis and the other 26 patients were still alive.The 5-year overall survival rate was 35.3%.significantly lower than that of breast cancer patients(66.8%).The 3-year survival rate was 77.8%.The 5-year disease free survivaI rate was 28.6%and the 3-year disease free survival rate was 63.6%. Conclusion: Accessory breast cancer is rarely seen but is aggressive.The diagnosis mainly depends on clinical characteristics，postoperative pathology and imaging examinations.Early diagnosis is essential.Surgery combined with other adjuvant therapies can improve patient survival.