BACKGROUND: Multiple primary cancers have a low incidence particularly when cancers are synchronous. Few cases of synchronous head and neck cancer and breast carcinoma are reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: We report here an exceptional case of a 47 years old Moroccan woman presenting two synchronous cancers, the first in the nasopharynx and the second in the breast. The patient was treated successfully with a combined strategy associating chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery. She remains disease free after 27 months of follow up. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment strategy in the case of multiple primary cancers remains controversial because of the variety of presentations; initial aggressive treatment reports good results.
BACKGROUND:Multiple primary cancers have a low incidence particularly when cancers are synchronous. Few cases of synchronous head and neck cancer and breast carcinoma are reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: We report here an exceptional case of a 47 years old Moroccan woman presenting two synchronous cancers, the first in the nasopharynx and the second in the breast. The patient was treated successfully with a combined strategy associating chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery. She remains disease free after 27 months of follow up. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment strategy in the case of multiple primary cancers remains controversial because of the variety of presentations; initial aggressive treatment reports good results.
Authors: Klaus Strobel; Stephan K Haerle; Sandro J Stoeckli; Madeleine Schrank; Jan D Soyka; Patrick Veit-Haibach; Thomas F Hany Journal: Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging Date: 2009-02-10 Impact factor: 9.236
Authors: Liwei Chen; Lisa Gallicchio; Kristina Boyd-Lindsley; Xuguang Grant Tao; Karen A Robinson; Tram Kim Lam; James G Herman; Laura E Caulfield; Eliseo Guallar; Anthony J Alberg Journal: Nutr Cancer Date: 2009 Impact factor: 2.900