title: [Phyllodes tumor].
abstract: This very rare breast tumour has been diagnosed in five cases, four females and one male, at our hospital during the last two years. The females all presented tumours with a diameter ranging from 5 to 15 cm. Age at diagnosis ranged from 21 to 54 years. We focus on diagnostic challenges, since 3 of our patients were recently treated by removal of a breast tumour diagnosed morphologically as fibroadenomatosis. Our patients underwent different surgical therapy, and we focus on local treatment modalities advocated in recent literature. Systemic chemotherapy, endocrine treatment and/or radiation therapy, in the adjuvant setting or in advanced disease, do not increase survival in patients with malignant phyllodes tumour.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Barbari
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Søreide
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Anda
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Grude
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bjørke
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D003557:Phyllodes Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Phyllodes tumor.