ABSTRACT
Objective To study the clinical manifestation, pathological character, treatment strategies and prognostic factors of phyllodes tumor of breast .Methods We retrospectively reviewed 41 patients with breast phyllodes tumor.Results The average age was 35. Among all the patients, there were 20 benign cases, 5 borderline cases, 16 malignant cases. 19 patients received extensive local excision, 7 patients received local excision, 9 patients received simple mastectomy of breast and 6 patients were treated with modified radical operation. There were 4 patients undergoing radiotherapy after the operation. Follow-up was obtained for 35 cases, with an average of 26 months (5~101 months), one of the patients died of metastasis 3 years after the operation, two patients suffered from local recurrence.Conclusions Appropriate operation is the most important prognostic factor of breast phyllodes tumor.