ABSTRACT
A neoadjuvância sistêmica é a aplicação de terapia antineoplásica como primeiro tratamento em pacientes sem evidência de metástases e com intenção plena de controle da doença. É tambem chamada de primária, pré-operatória, perioperatória, basal ou de indução. Cada vez mais pacientes estão sendo tratados com quimioterapia (QT), hormonioterapia (HT) e imunoterapia (IT) antes do tratamento cirúrgico e em estágios mais precoces da doença. A chamada Estratégia de Tratamento Multidisciplinar consiste no tratamento sistêmico primário ou adjuvante associada ao tratamento locorregional, através da cirurgia e radioterapia (RT). O tratamento do câncer de mama, em especial o localmente avançado, é baseado nesse planejamento, e a QT com antracíclicos e taxanos ocupa o papel central. Entretanto, a utilização de dados histológicos e marcadores imuno-histoquimicos relacionados a biologia molecular e a expressão genética tumoral conduzem a individualização do tratamento, que consiste na obtenção do máximo de informações disponíveis sobre o tumor para oferecer o tratamento mais adequado para cada paciente. Em relação à IT, ou terapia alvo, muitos ensaios clínicos tem mostrado bons índices de resposta em pacientes HER 2 positivo com esquemas quimioterapicos contendo Trastuzumab. Outras drogas anti-HER 2 também tem sido testadas. A HT neoadjuvante como tratamento único pode ser uma opção adequada em pós-menopáusicas com receptores hormonais (RH) positivo, e os inibidores da aromatase (IA) são a opção de escolha. As principais vantagens do tratamento sistêmico primario consistem na melhora das condições cirúrgicas, uma melhor avaliação do potencial de resposta tumoral a terapia sistêmica e uma possivel melhora da sobrevida.
Systemic neoadjuvant therapy is the first line treatment in patients without evidence of metastasis and with a good control of the disease. It is also named as primary, preoperative, perioperative, basal or induction. Chemotherapy (CT), hormone therapy (HT) and immunotherapy (IT) have been increasingly used before the surgical treatment and in early stages of the disease. The so-called Multidisciplinary Treatment Strategy consists in a primary or adjuvant systemic treatment associated to locoregional treatment through surgery and radiotherapy (RT). Breast cancer treatment, specially the locally advanced, is mainly based on this planning, and CT with anthracyclics and taxanes has the central role. Nevertheless, histologic data and tumor markers, related to molecular biology and tumor genetic expression, have been used to individualize the treatment for breast cancer, by obtaining the maximum available information about the tumor in order to offer the proper treatment for each patient. There are many clinical trials with IT, or target therapy, demonstrating good response rates in patients HER 2positive who used chemotherapy with Trastuzumab. Other anti-HER 2 drugs have been tested. The neoadjuvant HT as single agent can be used as an option in post-menopausal women with positive hormone receptor, and aromatase inhibitors are the drug of choice. The main advantages of primary systemic treatment are better surgical conditions, better evaluation of the potential of the tumor to respond to systemic therapy and, consequently, a better survival rate.
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Humans , Male , Female , Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use , Breast Neoplasms/therapy , Neoadjuvant Therapy , Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy , Survival , Tamoxifen/therapeutic useABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Devic's neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a severe neurological disease characterized by optic neuritis and transverse myelitis, which is commonly misdiagnosed as multiple sclerosis (MS). This rare syndrome has a poor prognosis, and there are very few cases described during pregnancy. CASE: We report the occurrence of NMO in a primigravida at 20 weeks, in which gestation had an adverse effect on the disease course, and emphasize the main parameters to distinguish NMO from MS. CONCLUSION: It is essential that a proper diagnosis is established before pregnancy is planned, since the prognosis for NMO and MS might differ. Although the association of gestation and NMO is extremely rare, the few available data demonstrate a significant risk of disease exacerbation. NMO patients require long term immunossupression and need to carefully evaluate the risk of getting pregnant.
