Giant breast tumors: Surgical management of phyllodes tumors, potential for reconstructive surgery and a review of literature

Liang, Margaret; Ramaswamy, Bhuvaneswari; C Patterson, Cynthia; T McKelvey, Michael; M. Gordillo, Gayle; J. Nuovo, Gerard; E. Carson, William

doi:10.1186/1477-7819-6-117

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Giant breast tumors: Surgical management of phyllodes tumors, potential for reconstructive surgery and a review of literature

Published in World Journal of Surgical Oncology • Nov 11, 2008

Authors:

Margaret Liang

Bhuvaneswari Ramaswamy

Cynthia C Patterson

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Phyllodes tumors are biphasic fibroepithelial neoplasms of the breast. While the surgical management of these relatively uncommon tumors has been addressed in the literature, few reports have commented on the surgical approach to tumors greater than ten centimeters in diameter - the gian...

Subject

Surgical oncology

Medicine

Phyllodes tumor

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