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Table 1 Esophageal metastasis from breast cancer for the past 20 years

From: Esophageal metastasis of breast cancer during endocrine therapy for pleural dissemination 21 years after breast surgery: a case report

Ref No.

Year

Age

Sex

Primary site

Location

Length (cm)

DFS (year)

Latent interval (year)

Initial biopsy pathology

Synchronous other metastasis site

Treatment

Prognosis (month)

Status

ER/PgR

HER2

C

E

O

R

S

D

5

1997

70

F

n/a

n/a

Mt

10

2

2

Benign

Local recurrence

 

  

36

Alive

6

1997

68

F

n/a

n/a

Mt

2

15

15

MBC

LN

 

   

12

Alive

7

1997

39

F

n/a

n/a

Lt, Ae

5

2

4

Benign

Lung, liver

   

 

4

Dead

8

1997

56

F

n/a

n/a

Lt

5

7

7

Benign

LN

   

48

Dead

9

1998

83

F

n/a

n/a

Ce

n/a

13

13

MBC

Liver

 

   

n/a

n/a

10

2001

73

F

n/a

n/a

Lt

7

9

9

MBC

n/a

     

12

Dead

10

2001

41

F

n/a

n/a

Mt

4

4

4

Benign

n/a

   

1

Dead

10

2001

77

F

n/a

n/a

Mt

n/a

3.5

3.5

Benign

n/a

     

18

Alive

10

2001

74

F

n/a

n/a

Mt

n/a

11

11

MBC

n/a

    

5

Dead

11

2002

55

F

n/a

n/a

Mt

n/a

11

11

Benign

None

 

  

36

Alive

12

2005

76

F

+

n/a

Ce

2

5

6

Benign

Bone

  

 

33

Alive

13

2005

72

F

n/a

n/a

Mt

n/a

23

23

Benign

None

  

   

12

Alive

13

2005

52

F

n/a

n/a

Lt

n/a

10

10

MBC

Pleura, lung, liver, adrenal gland, bone, brain

 

  

n/a

n/a

14

2005

68

F

n/a

n/a

Mt

n/a

23

23

Benign

None

 

   

14

Alive

15

2005

66

F

n/a

n/a

Ce

n/a

7

7

MBC

n/a

  

  

52

Dead

16

2006

67

F

n/a

n/a

EGJ

n/a

19

19

Benign

Lung

 

   

6

Alive

17

2009

70

F

+

n/a

Mt

3.5

16

16

MBC

None

 

 

  

30

Alive

18

2012

55

F

+

n/a

Ut, Mt

10

11

12

Undiagnosed

Local, LN

     

10

Alive

18

2012

61

F

+

Mt

7

6

8

MBC

Lung, pleura, LN, liver, brain

     

9

Alive

18

2012

64

F

+

Ut, Mt

n/a

4

9

Undiagnosed

Local, bone

 

 

  

6

Dead

18

2012

68

F

+

Mt

6

9

13

MBC

Bone, pleura

     

4

Alive

19

2013

61

F

n/a

 

Mt

n/a

15

15

MBC

None

 

 

  

n/a

n/a

1

2013

83

F

+

Mt

5

2

7

MBC

LN, lung

   

 

23

Dead

20

2014

79

F

n/a

n/a

Mt

3

15

26

MBC

None

   

96

Alive

21

2015

84

F

n/a

n/a

Lt

7

14

14

Benign

None

n/a

n/a

n/a

22

2015

62

F

n/a

n/a

Mt

5

13

13

Benign

None

 

 

 

60

Alive

Our

2018

77

F

+

n/a

Mt

5

21

21

MBC

Pleura

 

 

  

24

Alive

  1. ER estrogen receptor, PgR Progesterone receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor 2, DFS disease-free survival, Ce cervical esophagus, Mt middle thoracic esophagus, Lt lower thoracic esophagus, Ae abdominal esophagus, EGJ esophagogastric junction, MBC metastasis of breast cancer, C chemotherapy, E endocrine therapy, O operation, R radiation, S stenting, D dilation, n/a not applicable