An Example of Breast Cancer Regression on Imaging

doi:10.2484/rcr.v1i2.4

Radiology Case Reports, Vol 1, No 2 (2006)

An Example of Breast Cancer Regression on Imaging

Elizabeth S Burnside, Amy Trentham-Dietz, Frederick Kelcz, Jannette Collins

Abstract

Controversy exists as to whether some breast cancers spontaneously regress without treatment. Regression of malignant breast neoplasms contradicts the long-accepted natural history of the disease and may have implications on the efficacy of breast cancer screening programs. We present a case in which a breast cancer regressed following cessation of hormone replacement therapy and consider the biologic basis and implications of breast neoplasms that depart from the accepted model of progressive tumor growth.

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