Open AccessSurgical Management of Primary Lymphoma of the Breast
Author(s) -
I. M. H. El-Ghazawy,
S. Eva Singletary
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199112000-00013
Subject(s) - medicine , general surgery , primary (astronomy) , lymphoma , medline , surgery , physics , astronomy , political science , law
Review of our surgical experience with 10 cases of "primary" lymphoma initially confined to the breast and of previous published reports indicates that radical surgery is to be avoided. Radiation therapy with limited surgery provides excellent local-regional control. The addition of systemic combination chemotherapy is warranted in the more aggressive histologic subtypes because death is generally due to subsequent disseminated disease.