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Sarcomas of the breast prone to relapse unless wide surgical margains attained.

Women's Health Weekly

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2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sarcomas are rare lesions in the breast and treatment should focus on surgical removal with wide margins.

"Breast sarcomas are rare lesions that can be derived from any of the mammary stromal cells. A phyllodes tumor may resemble a rapidly growing fibroadenoma but in an older age group. Behavior ranges from benign to frankly malignant and cannot always be predicted from the histological appearance," scientists in England report.

"For all the sarcomas spread is hematogenous rather than lymphatic and treatment is based on wide surgical clearance without axillary surgery. Angiosarcoma is a rare consequence of skin irradiation as part of breast conservation therapy," wrote A. Alabassi and colleagues, Guys Hospital, Hedley Atkins Breast Unit.

"Fibrosarcomas have a tendency to relapse locally unless wide surgical ...

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