Effect of postoperative time for adjuvant radiotherapy in malignant phyllodes tumor: An institutional experience

• Published in: Journal of cancer research and therapeutics Vol. 15; no. 5; pp. 1194 - 1195
• Main Authors: Yogi, Veenita, Singh, O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.07.2019; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Breast Neoplasms - mortality; Breast Neoplasms - therapy; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Mastectomy; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - epidemiology; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - prevention & control; Patients; Phyllodes Tumor - mortality; Phyllodes Tumor - therapy; Postoperative Period; Radiation Dosage; Radiation therapy; Radiotherapy, Adjuvant - methods; Retrospective Studies; Statistical analysis; Surgery; Time Factors; Time-to-Treatment; Tumors; New York; United States > US; India
• ISSN: 0973-1482; 1998-4138
• DOI: 10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_658_17

Data included for this study comprised of age at the diagnosis, clinical presentation, histological features, type of surgical procedure done, characteristics of locally recurrent disease, postoperative time of adjuvant radiotherapy, and patient follow-up. At follow-up, the youngest patient in this study with preoperative tumor size 21 cm and histologically malignant, with high mitotic index and stromal activity, underwent mastectomy for recurrent tumor and received EBRT after 6 weeks of surgery, developed lung secondaries, and died within 3 months of treatment. [5] Adjuvant radiotherapy is an appropriate treatment for aggressive borderline and malignant phyllodes tumor due to its unpredictable behavior of histological types and disputable results of particular surgical procedures.