title: Phyllodes tumors of the breast: the role of pathologic parameters.
abstract: We aimed to establish whether morphologic parameters were prognostically important in a large series of breast phyllodes tumors in Asian women. Of 335 phyllodes tumors diagnosed at the Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, between January 1992 and December 2002, 250 (74.6%) were benign, 54 (16.1%) borderline, and 31 (9.3%) malignant, based on histologic review of archival slides. Of the women, 43 (12.8%) experienced recurrences during the follow-up period. Recurrent disease was correlated with grade or classification (P = .028), stromal atypia (P = .016), stromal hypercellularity (P = .046), and permeative microscopic borders (P = .021). Multivariate analysis revealed that independent predictors of recurrence were pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) and margin status, whereby the presence of PASH and complete or negative margins reduced recurrence hazards by 51.3% and 51.7% respectively. The 7 women who died of disease during follow-up had malignant phyllodes tumor at the outset and experienced recurrences, and death was preceded by distant metastases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Puay-Hoon
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Thiyagarajan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jayabaskar
authors.forename: Khoon-Leong
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Chuah
authors.forename: Hwei-Yee
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hilmy
authors.forename: Huynh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: Sathiyamoorthy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Selvarajan
authors.forename: Boon-Huat
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Bay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D001208:Asia; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D049669:History, 16th Century; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D003557:Phyllodes Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis