Management of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Breast: A Single-Institution Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of our study was to analyze the clinicopathologic features and surgical and oncological outcomes of adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the breast and to provide the basis for a clinical therapeutic schedule.

Methods

A total of 14 patients with primary breast adenoid cystic carcinoma treated at Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences from January 2000 to December 2017 were included. Data on clinical presentation, treatment strategy, and outcome, as well as the pathological features of ACC, were reviewed and analyzed.

Results

Fourteen patients were diagnosed with ACC of the breast, out of 23205 total patients treated for breast cancer (0.06%). All but three patients were postmenopausal, with a median age at diagnosis of 60.5 years

SUBMITTER: Zhang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8005703 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature