Subject: Basic medicine
Subject: Clinical medicine
Subject: Health sciences
Year: 2023
Type: Article
Type: PeerReviewed
Title: Inflammatory breast cancer with brain metastases – case report
Author: Efremovska Donevska, Kristina
Author: Gligorievski, Antonio
Author: Jovanovska, Zlatica
Author: Todosieva Serafimova, Kristina
Abstract: Inflammatory breast cancer sometimes metastasizes (spreads) to the brain. (1) This condition is commonly referred to as “secondary breast cancer in the brain”. (2) Brain metastases in breast cancer patients have a poor prognosis, with average survival ranging from 2 to 25,3 months despite the treatment (3) They are a major cause of mortality, associated with progressive neurological deficits resulting in reduced quality of life. Researchers found that people diagnosed HER2-positive or triplenegative inflammatory breast cancer in stage IV, have major risk of brain metastases, than people with other subtypes of inflammatory breast cancer. (3,9) Generally, women with inflammatory breast cancer present at younger age are more likely to have metastatic disease in diagnosis and have shorter survival than women with non-inflammatory breast cancer. (10)
Publisher: Medical Journal - MEDICUS
Relation: https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/33410/
Identifier: oai:eprints.ugd.edu.mk:33410
Identifier: https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/33410/1/medicus-gusht-2023.pdfIdentifier: Efremovska Donevska, Kristina and Gligorievski, Antonio and Jovanovska, Zlatica and Todosieva Serafimova, Kristina (2023) Inflammatory breast cancer with brain metastases – case report. Medical Journal - Medicus, 28 (2). pp. 290-293. ISSN 1409-6366
