Long-term results of surgical therapy for phyllodes tumor of the breast

We report that the long-term results of surgical therapy for phyllodes tumor of the breast. During ten years, we experienced twenty-eight patients of phyllodes tumors of the breast. They were treated by surgical operation. Twenty-one cases were performed local excision with at least 1 cm surgical margin, and seven cases were performed muscle preserving mastectomy without axillary lymph nodes dissection. Pathological surgical margins of all patients were negative. Five patients were recognized the local recurrence, and only one patient was recognized a distant metastasis. The total recurrence rate was 21.4%. The patients with local recurrence were diagnosed the benign phyllodes tumor of the breast at the first operation. The mean time to recurrence was 5.4 years. If the pathological diagnosis was benign phyllodes tumor and surgical margin was negative at the first operation, it is necessary to follow up the patients, because there is a risk of local and distant metastasis.