PurposeThis retrospective study was aimed at identifying clinicopathologic characteristics associated with an increased risk for ipsilateral local recurrence (LR) in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) treated with wide local excision (WLE) alone without radiotherapy (RT).MethodsAll patients with DCIS treated with WLE alone at the Beth Is...
BackgroundAtrophic variant of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a distinct form of DFSP.Case presentationHere, we report the case of a 19-year-old woman with a small congenital atrophic plaque on the right precordium. The lesion remained atrophic for more than 10 years. Several years earlier, a portion of the plaque became tuberous and enla...
PurposeTo determine the recurrence rate of benign and borderline phyllodes tumors (PTs) of the breast, the association between the size of resection margin and risk of recurrence and the risk of progression of histological grading at recurrence.MethodsNationwide retrospective study on Danish women aged 18 years or older, operated from 1999 to 2014,...
