title: [Sarcoma of the breast].
abstract: Sarcoma of the breast represents only 0.2-1% of all mammary malignancies. This study reports 5 such cases, including 2 osteosarcomas, 1 fibro-, 1 lipo-, and 1 malignant fibrous sarcoma. The treatment used was mastectomy in 3 cases with excision of axillary lymph nodes. The remaining 2 patients were treated by simple mastectomy whereby 1 of these received a immediate reconstruction with a prosthesis. 1 patient demonstrated local recurrence and died. The remaining 4 patients did not develop neither metastases nor local recurrence and are still alive after an observing period between 12 months up to 17 years. Today, first-line treatment is wide local excision or simple mastectomy. Excision of the axillary lymphatics, adjuvant radiotherapy, and chemotherapy have been disappointing in the treatment of breast sarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Frauenklinik, Basel.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Haberthür
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Almendral
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Feichter
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Torhorst
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D008875:Middle Aged; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Sarkome der Mamma.