Primary stromal sarcoma of the breast

Primary Stromal Sarcoma of Breast with Nodal Recurrence

  Although most breast cancers are adenocarcinomas of the mammary gland, primary breast sarcomas may also arise from mammary gland mesenchymal tissue. Sarcomas represent less than 1% of primary breast neoplasms. These tumors are at high risk of recurrence and are known to have poor prognosis. Surgical resection is the primary treatment for these lesions and axillary lymph node dissection is no...

Primary Stromal Sarcoma of Breast: A Rare Entity

Primary soft tissue sarcomas of the breast constitute less than 5% of all soft tissue sarcomas and less than 1% of malignant breast cancers. The rarity of this tumor limits most studies to small retrospective case reviews and case reports. Primary breast sarcomas are locally aggressive tumors as evidenced by the high rate of local recurrence when excisional surgery is performed. A contemporary ...

Primary stromal sarcoma of the breast.

Primary stromal sarcoma of the breast

© 2012, Oncology Institute of Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica INTRODUCTION Breast cancer is the most common cancer of female population worldwide. In Cancer Statistics 2010, breast cancer remains the heading type of cancer with an estimate of 28% in American women (1). The vast majority of breast cancers are carcinomas, while breast sarcomas are few (2-5). Sarcomas represent less than 1% of all pri...

primary stromal sarcoma of breast with nodal recurrence

although most breast cancers are adenocarcinomas of the mammary gland, primary breast sarcomas may also arise from mammary gland mesenchymal tissue. sarcomas represent less than 1% of primary breast neoplasms. these tumors are at high risk of recurrence and are known to have poor prognosis. surgical resection is the primary treatment for these lesions and axillary lymph node dissection is not r...