Table 1A: Case series.
Preoperative diagnosis |
Treatment |
Tumor biology |
Follow-up |
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Case |
Age |
Clin pres |
US |
MX |
CT |
PET |
Bio / Cit |
Nadj treat |
Surgery |
Adj treat |
Adj RT |
pTNM |
Tum size |
LNs |
Histo-type |
CrA |
Syn |
ER |
PR |
Her2 |
Ki67 |
FUP (mo) |
Alive status |
|
1 |
66 |
BL |
NA |
NA |
Neg |
Neg |
Bio |
NO |
BCS + ALND |
ADR/CPA + DTX + Ana |
Yes |
T2N3aM0 |
2,3 |
12/14 |
ICNE |
NA |
+ |
70% |
60% |
0 |
10% |
120 |
AWD |
|
2 |
54 |
BL |
HyBM |
SBM |
Neg |
Neg |
Bio |
NO |
Mast + SLNB |
ADR/CPA + DTX + Ana |
No |
T2N0M0 |
2,7 |
0/1 |
NET |
- |
+ |
95% |
29% |
0 |
70% |
60 |
NED |
|
3 |
43 |
PBM |
HyBM, N+ |
SBM |
Neg |
BoMet, LMet |
Bio |
Yes |
Mast + ALND |
CDDP + VP-16 |
Yes |
T4bN3aM1 |
12 |
9/14 |
NEC |
+ |
+ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
90% |
12 |
AWD |
|
4 |
66 |
BL |
BM |
HypBM |
Neg |
Neg |
Bio |
NO |
BCS + ALND |
ADR/CPA + DTX + Ana |
Yes |
T1N3aM0 |
0,8 |
13/15 |
ICNE |
NA |
+ |
80% |
70% |
0 |
12% |
53 |
AWD |
|
5 |
78 |
BL |
HyBM |
SBM |
Neg |
Neg |
Bio |
NO |
BCS + SLNB |
Ana |
No |
T1cN0M0 |
1,9 |
0/16 |
NET |
- |
+ |
95% |
95% |
1+ |
25% |
76 |
NED |
|
6 |
78 |
BL |
BM |
SBM |
Neg |
Neg |
Bio |
NO |
BCS + SLNB |
Ana |
Yes |
T1cN0M0 |
2 |
0/2 |
NEC |
NA |
+ |
95% |
95% |
0 |
20% |
70 |
NED |
|
HeadingS: NA = Not available data; Clin Pres = Clinical presentation; US = breast Ultrasound; MX = mammography; Bio = biopsy; Cit = citology; Ad treat = adjuvant treatment (chemotherapy and/or hormone therapy); Adj RT = adjuvant radiotherapy; Tum size = tumor size (centimeters); LNs = lymph nodes removed; CrA = Chromogranin A; Syn = Synaptophisin; ER = Estrogen receptor; PR = Progesterone receptor; Her2 = her2-neu receptor; FUP = follow-up (months).
Clinical and radiological findings: Pos = positive for malignancy; Neg = negative for malignancy; BM = Breast Mass; CM = carcinomatous mastitis; N+ = axillary adenopathy, PBM = Painful breast mass; BL = breast lump; SR = Skin retraction, NR = nipple retraction, PLM = Paget-like Mass; BND = Bloody nipple discharge; UBM = Ulcerated Breast Mass; MBM = Multilobulated breast mass; HyBM = Hypoechoic (US) / Hypodense (MX) breast mass; Hyp = Hyperechoic (US) / Hyperdense breast mass = HeBM = Heterogeneous breast mass, SBM = Spiculated breast mass, Mic = microcalcifications, BoMet = Bone Metastases; LMet = Lung metastasis; PAMet = Perianal metastases, PiMet = Pituitary metastases; PaMet = Pancreatic metastases; PE = Pleural effusion; MMet = Multiple metastases; IBM = Isoechoic breast mass
Neg = Negative; Sus = suspicious; LMet = lung metastasis.
Mast = Mastectomy; BCS = Breast Conservative Surgery; SLNB = Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; ALND = Axillary Lymph Node Dissection.
Chemotherapy: ChT = chemotherapy (not defined); HoT = hormone therapy (not defined); CDDP = Cisplatin, CBL = Carboplatin, VP-16 = Etoposide, CPT-11 = Irinotecan, 5-FU = Fluorouracil, EPI = Epirubicin, CAP = Capecitabine, DTX = Docetaxel, 5’-DFUR = 50 deoxy-5-fluorouridine, Tor = Toremifene, CPA = Cyclophosphamide, EPI = Epirubicin, Tam = Tamoxifen, Tor = Torenifene, Let = Letrozole, S = Streptozotocin, MTX = Methotrexate, Ana = Anastrazole, AI = Aromatase inhibitor, LHRH = Leutinising hormone releasing hormone analogue, UFT = Uracil & Tegafur, PTX = Paclitaxel, ADR = Adriamycin (Doxorubicin), Sando = Sandostatin, Som = Somatostatin; Ever = Everolimus, Bev = Bevacizumab, Erl = Erlotinib; Palb = Palbociclib; Oct = Octreotide.
Histology: SCNC = Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, ICNE = Invasive carcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation; NET = well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor; NEC = poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma.
Follow-up: NED = No evidence of disease; AWD = Alive with disease; DOD = Died of disease; DUC = Died of Uncertain cause †Median follow-up.