Phyllodes tumour of the breast: response to radiotherapy.
A 47 year old woman presented with a rapidly growing recurrence in the chest wall following simple mastectomy for a malignant phyllodes tumour of the breast. Radical megavoltage irradiation led to histologically confirmed complete regression of her tumour.
D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D003557:Phyllodes Tumor / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery