A retrospective review of the medical records and tumor registry data of 25 patients with breast sarcoma treated at Roswell Park Cancer Institute from 1964 to 1995 was performed. There were 24 females and 1 male, with a median age of 55 years. Delay in seeking medical attention was common. Overall survival was 61 per cent at 5 years and 36 per cent at 10 years. There was no difference in survival or local control rates for those patients treated with local excision when compared with patients treated with mastectomy.
Sarcoma is an unusual form of breast tumor.
Survival and local control are similar when comparing local excision and mastectomy. When local excision is performed, attention must be directed to achieving clear margins of resection. The benefit of adjuvant therapy remains undefined. Second tumors arose in the temporal muscle inside or close to the previously irradiated fields. All the children were alive and well 24-72 months after diagnosis.