phyllodes tumor/albumin

BACKGROUND Phyllodes tumors are uncommon breast tumors that account for less than 0.5% of all breast malignancies. After metastases develop, the prognosis is poor, with very few patients living more than 1 year. The biology of this unusual cancer is not understood and, consequently, no potential

Twenty-two patients with breast cancers were studied using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with a cylindrical surface coil at 1.5 Tesla. All were examined with the FE sequence and Gd-DTPA as a contrast medium. These images were compared with micrographs of the specimens. All cancers were enhanced

Indirect immunofluorescence studies on sections of human normal breast tissue, benign breast lesions, and breast adenocarcinomas were performed with the use of monospecific fluorescein-conjugated antisera to human alpha, gamma, and mu chains, albumin, and C3. In all tissues, benign and malignant,