Background/aim: The rate of local recurrence (LR) of phyllodes tumor (PT) varies from 4 to 18%. Several histological risk factors of LR of PT are known. The aim of this study was to estimate the LR rate of PT according to PT grade and to evaluate histological risk factors of PT LR in our retrospective cohort.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBreast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women, and most breast cancer related deaths are due to metastases. Uterine metastases from breast cancer are uncommon and rarely reported in the literature. We described the case of a 50 years-old-woman who developed a uterine metastasis, 6 years after the diagnosis of an invasive ductal breast carcinoma.
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