Sarcomas of the breast

A Alabassi; I S Fentiman

Sarcomas of the breast

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Abstract

Breast sarcomas are rare lesions that can be derived from any of the mammary stromal cells. A phyllodes tumour may resemble a rapidly growing fibroadenoma but in an older age group. Behaviour ranges from benign to frankly malignant and cannot always be predicted from the histological appearance. For all the sarcomas spread is haematogenous rather than lymphatic and treatment is based on wide surgical clearance without axillary surgery. Angiosarcoma is a rare consequence of skin irradiation as part of breast conservation therapy Fibrosarcomas have a tendency to relapse locally unless wide surgical margins have been achieved. Radiotherapy is not of value but chemotherapy can be used to palliate women with metastatic disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	886 - 889
Number of pages	4
Journal	International Journal of Clinical Practice
Volume	57
Issue number	10
Publication status	Published - 2003

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Sarcomas of the breast

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