title: Carcinoma of the axillary tail of Spence: a case series.
abstract: There is sparse information about cancer in the axillary tail of Spence (CATS). Eight hundred and thirty-nine patients with breast cancer were retrospectively studied for the occurrence of CATS. Ten patients were identified based on detection by imaging studies. A tendency towards stage II or III disease, and estrogen and progesterone receptor-negative neoplasms in the older age (>45 years) group was observed. Management by conservative or radical surgery, with or without postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy, effected an estimated five-year disease-free survival rate of 67%, and rates of local failure, regional recurrence as well as distant metastasis of 0%, 10% and 30%, respectively. The treatment of CATS in accordance with modern day standards of care resulted in acceptable prognosis and disease control.
authors.affiliation: Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health and Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA. fampil@lsuhsc.edu
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ampil
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caldito
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Roger H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Burton
authors.forename: Quyen
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D042361:Mammary Glands, Human / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012189:Retrospective Studies