Case Report
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World J Clin Oncol. May 24, 2025; 16(5): 105444
Published online May 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i5.105444
Table 2 Reports of metachronous multiple primary carcinoma of breast cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma and treatment strategies
Year
Patient description
Primary carcinoma
Second primary malignancy
Follow up management
Ref.
1983A 52-year-old premenopausal white womanBreast carcinomaAggressive, large cell lymphoma of the ileum (occur to twelve years after diagnosis and five years after the start of chemotherapy)Treated for breast carcinoma with postoperative adjuvant chest wall irradiation, followed four and seven years later with therapy to spinal ports for palliation of metastatic disease. For the next three and a half years, she received oral cyclophosphamide on a daily basis to a total of more than 110 g[12]
1989A 51-year-old womanMalignant lymphoma of the breastScirrhous carcinoma (two years after the operation)For primary carcinoma modified radical mastectomy (Patey's method), in combination with chemotherapy (Cyclophosphamide, Vincristine, Prednisolone). for scirrhous carcinoma performed a modified radical mastectomy (Auchincloss' method), followed by chemotherapy (Tegafur)[13]
1990A 53-year-old femaleBreast cancer (1980)Malignant lymphoma of diffuse, small cell type (lymphoplasmacytic) (1988)Radical mastectomy, followed by irradiation was performed in 1980[14]
2002A 70-year-old womanA history of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and melanomaModerately differentiated infiltrating ductal carcinomaUnderwent a right breast lumpectomy with right axillary lymph node dissection[15]
2015A 55-year-old Caucasian womanSimultaneous ductal carcinoma in situ of the right breast, and follicular lymphoma involving an inguinal lymph node and the left breastMultifocal ductal carcinoma of the left breast and reappearance of the lymphoma in the left axillary lymph nodes (2 years later)The patient underwent local excision and radiotherapy for the ductal carcinoma in situ, while a watch and wait strategy was adopted for the lymphoma. Two years later, underwent bilateral mastectomy, left sentinel node biopsy, and chemotherapy[16]
2021A 58-year-old womanBreast cancerMalignant lymphoma and colon cancer (2 years later)Maliqnant lymphoma and colon cancer that occurred during breast cancer treatment[17]