Abstract
One hundred and forty-eight patients with recurrent breast cancer were treated in our hospital during the 15 years from January 1967 to December 1981. Eighteen patients had a long disease-free interval (more than 5 years).
In this paper, we analyzed the clinical features and treatment of these patients.
The following results were obtained; (1) The clinical stage of the primary lesions of these patients was relatively early and most cases were node-free.
(2) All of the five patients demonstrated positive ER.
(3) Common sites of recurrences were local skin or bone.
(4) Post-relapse survival (PRS) period was considerably prolonged.
Considering the above results, we conclude that surgery and endocrine therapy are the treatments of choice for local skin and osseous metastases, respectively.
