Palliative Radiotherapy for the Extensive Skin Metastasis of Breast Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Abstract

We report a 42-year-old Taiwanese woman with recurrent skin metastasis who presented with extensive forebreast, and abdominal skin metastasis approximately 17 months after initial adjuvant radiotherapy. The patient was treated with Helical Tomo-Therapy at a total dose of 50 Gy given in 2 Gy per fraction per day. Skin metastases in this case showed only partial response to radiotherapy, and new metastatic lesions developed during the treatment. Radiotherapy might be considered as a palliative treatment option for the skin metastasis of breast cancer. The treatment course of this case is described and previous reports are reviewed in this article.