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Is there a role for adjuvant chemotherapy in a young healthy patient with a large malignant phyllodes tumor of the breast?

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Medical Oncology · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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The management malignant phyllodes tumor (MPT) is hampered by the rarity of which it occurs, and case reports and small series is all we have. The definitive treatment is surgical resection, with intent of achieving > 1 cm margins. Overall, about 25% of MTP will develop distant metastases, with the ...

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