title: Cystosarcoma phyllodes: our institutional experience.
abstract: Twenty-six patients of Cystosarcoma phyllodes, treated between July 1994 and July 2001, were analysed retrospectively. Median age at presentation was 38 years (range 13-61 years). Mean size of the lesion was 6 cm. There were 77% left-sided lesions and 23% right-sided lesions. Histologically, 58% lesions were benign, 11% borderline and 31% malignant lesions. All patients underwent definitive surgical procedure in the form of wide local excision or mastectomy. Four patients received postoperative radiotherapy. Median follow-up period was 35 months. Six patients showed recurrence, and four of these were malignant. Median disease-free survival period was 34 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sanjeev C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: Daya N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Anil K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Bahadur
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maurya
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Nita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khurana
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D003557:Phyllodes Tumor / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome