Research Article
Papillary Carcinoma of Breast: Clinicopathological Characteristics, Management, and Survival
Table 4
Different treatment modalities.
| Type of treatment | Number of patients | Subtypes of treatment | |
| Surgery | Surgery was done in all except in two (both were locally advanced) | Mastectomy+SLNB (9) Simple mastectomy (2) MRM (11) Reexcision+SLNB (10) WLE+SLNB (13) WLE only (11) | patients patients (as part of MRM) Axillary staging by surgery 43 patients (74%) |
| Chemotherapy | patients (31%) patients (69%) |
| patients only (both had contralateral IDC) |
| Radiation (XRT) | A total of 33 patients (57%) received XRT | All BCS & 3 Mastectomy patients | 4 BCSs did not receive XRT due to |
| Hormonal treatment | All patients except (1) two ER/PR negative and (2) one with unknown hormonal status | Aromatase patients patients | |
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Abbreviations: MRM: modified radical mastectomy; WLE: wide local excision; ALND: axillary lymph node dissection; SLNB: sentinel lymph node biopsy; XRT: radiation therapy.
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