40 yr old female presented with breast lump of size 4 cm with involvement of skin and mobile palpable axillary LN, FNAC of lesion showed intrductal carcinoma. What is the initial management of for this pt?
High-Yield Explanation
.Locally Advanced Carcinoma of Breast (LABC) * It means locally advanced tumour with muscle/chest wall involvement, extensive skin involvement or fixed axillary nodes. It will be T3, T4a, T4b, T4c or T4d or N2 or N3. * It is investigated by FNAC of tumor, mammography of opposite breast, chest CT, CT abdomen or whole body bone scan. Biopsy is needed to assess receptor status. * Treatment of LACB is always palliative by simple mastectomy, toilet mastectomy, chemotherapy and therapy using tamoxifen. * Initial neoadjuvant chemotherapy; surgery; radiotherapy; adjuvant chemotherapy are other therapeutic plan. ref:SRB&;s manual of surgery,ed 3,pg no 491