Hiba H Moukademand Nagi S El Saghir Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
cancer, cancer oncology, Carcinogenesis
Division of Hematology-Oncology Department of Internal Medicine American University of Beirut Medical Center Beirut, Lebanon
Dr. Hiba H Moukademand is working as scientist and professor at Division of Hematology-Oncology Department of Internal Medicine American University of Beirut Medical Center Beirut, Lebanon. The author has specalization in cancer, cancer oncology, chemotherapy, Carcinogenesis, Chemotherapy
Case Report Open Access
Author(s): Hiba H Moukadem and Nagi S El Saghir
We present in this report two cases of hormone-receptor positive and HER-2/neu negative metastatic breast cancer treated in the first line setting with combination endocrine therapy and palbociclib. Case number one is that of a pre-menopausal woman who received luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone LHRH-analog (goserelin), fulvestrant and palbociclib and developed grade 3 oropharyngeal mucositis requiring interruption, dose reduction and discontinuation of palbociclib. Case number two is that of a post-menopausal woman who developed severe skin rash after treatment with anastrozole and palbociclib in whom the rash disappeared upon stopping palbociclib. Both patients developed intolerable toxicity that ended with discontinuation of palbociclib and were shifted to hormonal therapy plus ri... view moreĀ»