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

Abbreviations: MRM: modified radical mastectomy; WLE: wide local excision; ALND: axillary lymph node dissection; SLNB: sentinel lymph node biopsy; XRT: radiation therapy.