The Efficacy of Chemotherapy against Metastatic Malignant Phyllodes Tumors of the Breast

Phyllodes tumours are rare neoplasms of the female breast. Ten-year survival of 42% is reported after surgical treatment of malignant phyllodes tumours. Metastatic tumours have a poor prognosis with no long-term survival. We present the case history of a 43 year old woman with a pulmonary metastasis from a malignant phyllodes tumour of the breast treated with chemotherapy. The role of radiation therapy and chemotherapy is not established and has not been studied in randomized trials due to the rarity of the tumor. At present, there is no consensus that patients with high-grade phyllodes tumors of the breast will benefit from either of these modalities. *Corresponding author: Bourhafour mouna, Department of Medical Oncology, National Institute of Oncology, 10000 Rabat, Morocco, E-mail: [email protected] Received February 28, 2012; Accepted April 06, 2012; Published April 18, 2012 Citation: Mouna B, Belbaraka R, Boutayeb S, Errihani H (2012) The Efficacy of Chemotherapy against Metastatic Malignant Phyllodes Tumors of the Breast. J Clinic Case Reports 2:122. doi:10.4172/2165-7920.1000122 Copyright: © 2012 Bourhafour M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.