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ArticleMedicine2019

Highly durable response to capecitabine in patient with metastatic estrogen receptor positive breast cancer: A case report.

Giacomo Barchiesi, Eriseld Krasniqi, Maddalena Barba, Marina Della Giulia, Laura Pizzuti, Gioia Massimiani, Gennaro Ciliberto, Patrizia Vici

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Article in Medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Giacomo BarchiesiIRCCS - Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Division of Medical Oncology 2.
Eriseld KrasniqiIRCCS - Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Division of Medical Oncology 2.
Maddalena BarbaIRCCS - Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Division of Medical Oncology 2.
Marina Della GiuliaIRCCS - Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Division of Medical Oncology 2.
Laura PizzutiIRCCS - Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Division of Medical Oncology 2.
Gioia MassimianiIRCCS - Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Division of Medical Oncology 2.
Gennaro CilibertoIRCCS - Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Scientific Direction, Rome, Italy.
Patrizia ViciIRCCS - Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Division of Medical Oncology 2.
Cancer Institute (WIA) · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleIn estrogen receptor-positive HER2-negative (ER+HER2-) metastatic breast cancer, chemotherapy should be offered only to patients who develop endocrine resistance or have a rapid disease progression. However, the correct sequence of chemotherapy administration is still debated. PATIENT CONCERNS: We report the case of a 49-year-old woman with ER+ HER2- metastatic breast cancer who experienced an exceptionally long response to capecitabine administered as second-line therapy following a first-line anthracycline-based chemotherapy. DIAGNOSES: The patient was diagnosed with ER+ HER2- metastatic breast cancer with massive liver involvement and mediastinal lymph nodes metastasis.

interventionsThis patient was treated with capecitabine 1000 mg/mq bid given intermittently for 14 days within a 21-day cycle as a second-line therapy following a rapid progression on letrozole treatment given as a maintenance therapy. OUTCOMES: Our patient experienced a progression-free survival (PFS) >3 years with an exceptionally good quality of life (QoL). LESSONS: In ER+HER2- metastatic breast cancer patients, capecitabine monochemotherapy in second line may be associated with a particularly satisfactory PFS and no impact in terms of QoL. Future studies focused on biomarkers with predictive ability may help select patients who represent the best candidates to this treatment.

Indexed as

Antimetabolites, AntineoplasticBreast NeoplasmsCapecitabineCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastFemaleHumansLiver NeoplasmsLymphatic MetastasisMiddle AgedReceptors, EstrogenAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticCapecitabineReceptors, Estrogen

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PMID31517852
PMCPMC6750334
OpenAlexW2972695204

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