Resumo

SPINETTI, Demián et al. Cáncer de mama: Recurrencias locales y regionales múltiples en el tiempo sin extensión sistémica. Rev. venez. oncol. [online]. 2009, vol.21, n.4, pp.225-228. ISSN 0798-0582.

The local or regional failure of the breast cancer appears in their majority in the first 5 years subsequent to the treatment and its appearance is related to the development of a remote disease in a sub-group of patients, which determines a worse prognosis. We present the case of a patient of 50 years old with antecedent of breast cancer when appears diagnosed stage IIB and treated in 1986, in the next 2 years presented her first local recurrence, later 3 local recurrences in the following 4 years. Is treated in all occasions and maintains a free disease interval of 156 months. In the year 2005 present a new local and regional recurrence maintained free evidence of systemic disease. Is new treated and she has a free interval of disease of 22 months for the moment of this presentation.

Palavras-chave : Cancer; failure; recurrence; local; regional; metastasis; breast.