Appearance of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) in a Patient with Breast Cancer after Adjuvant Chemotherapy: Case Report and Review of the Literature
| Author | Mehrdad Payandeh | en |
| Author | Reza Khodarahmi | en |
| Author | Masoud Sadeghi | en |
| Author | Edris Sadeghi | en |
| Issued Date | 2015-04-30 | en |
| Abstract | Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) is an aggressive hematologic malignancy that cause by abnormal proliferation and accumulation of hematopoietic progenitor cells. A 37-year-old woman referred to oncologic clinic with a self-detected mass and pain in her left breast. The stage of tumor was ΙΙΙA. She was treated with the combination of anthracycline and cyclophosphamide for four courses, followed by four courses of paclitaxel with trastuzumab for one year. After 18 months of the first treatment for breast cancer, her bone marrow biopsy was compatible with AML-M2. Here, we are reporting a young woman case with breast cancer that developed AML malignancy during short interval of therapy. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/ | en |
| Keyword | Acute myelogenous leukemia | en |
| Keyword | Cyclophosphamide | en |
| Keyword | Paclitaxel | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Appearance of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) in a Patient with Breast Cancer after Adjuvant Chemotherapy: Case Report and Review of the Literature | en |
| Type | Case Report | en |
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