Journal of the Medical Sciences (Berkala Ilmu Kedokteran)
Vol 46, No 03 (2014)

Secondary acute myeloblastic leukemia after adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy in breast cancer: A case report

Hardianti, Mardiah Suci (Unknown)
Kurnianda, Johan (Unknown)
Taroeno-Hariadi, Kartika Widayati (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
14 Sep 2015

Abstract

A rising number of long-term survivors and potential long-term outcome related to the treatment isone of the most important issue due to the advances of management in cancer. The development ofsecondary malignancy has been reported in a number of cohorts. We present a case of breast cancerpatient developing acute myeloid leukemia (AML)- M5 within a relatively short interval of two and ahalf years from her primary treatment with adjuvant chemotherapy with 4 cycles of doxorubicin andcyclophosphamide, followed by 4 cycles of three weekly paclitaxel (AC-T) and radiotherapy. Whatcould be attributed to the occurrence of secondary leukemia in this patient will be discussed.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

bik

Publisher

Subject

Immunology & microbiology Neuroscience

Description

Journal of the Medical Sciences (JMedSci) or Berkala Ilmu Kedokteran (BIK) is an international, open-access, and double-blind peer-reviewed journal, published by Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta Indonesia. JMedSci aiming to communicate high-quality ...