Breast Cancer
Online ISSN : 1880-4233
Print ISSN : 1340-6868
ISSN-L : 1340-6868
Case Reports
A Case of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Breast Cancer
Yuko KijimaHeiji YoshinakaItsuro HiguchiTetsuhiro OwakiTakashi Aikou
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2005 Volume 12 Issue 1 Pages 57-59

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We report a case of breast cancer occurring in a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). A 58-year-old Japanese woman diagnosed with ALS 6 years previously noticed a mass in the left breast. We performed a modified radical mastectomy for the mass lesion. Invasive ductal carcinoma without lymph node metastasis was diagnosed. During the operation, she had no worsening of her neurological symptoms. The patient has been cancer-free for 11 months since her operation and no improvement has been seen in her neurological condition. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of breast cancer occurring in a patient with ALS in Japan.
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© 2005 by The Japanese Breast Cancer Society
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