title: [Primary epidermoid carcinoma of the breast. Clinical, histopathologic and prognostic study of 14 patients].
abstract: We reviewed the charts of 14 patients with epidermoid breast carcinoma, whether pure or associated with a minor glandular component. These patients were treated between 1970 and 1989 at the Institut Curie and represented 0.06% of all breast cancer patients treated during the same period. No clinical or radiological criteria could help to discriminate these forms from other types of breast cancer. Four out of 13 patients with initial axillary node dissection had nodal involvement. Various combinations of surgery and radiotherapy were used to treat these patients. One out of 14 hormone receptor levels was positive. Median survival was 54 months (9 months-144 months). Two patients had a local recurrence and 7 had metastasis. No event occurred beyond 5 years of follow-up. This suggest that the outcome of epidermoid breast tumors is closer to that of other epidermoid tumors, rather than to other types of breast cancer.
authors: Département de radiothérapie, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Jin
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Campana
authors: J R
authors: JR
authors: Vilcoq
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Vielh
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Schlienger
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Mathieu
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Fourquet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis
vernacular_title: Carcinome épidermoïde primitif du sein. Etude clinique, histopathologique et pronostique de 14 patientes.