only 15 cases of such tumors have been reported in the English literature, variously described as cystadenoma, cystomyoma, low-grade phyllodes tumor, benign mesenchymoma, adenomyosis, and ...

Photo courtesy of Laura Rosenberger. Dr. Laura H. Rosenberger is a national expert in the surgical care and research of phyllodes tumors, a rare tumor that accounts for 1 percent of breast cancer ...

While the majority of phyllodes tumors are non-cancerous, the Cleveland Clinic notes that about 25% are cancerous. Cancerous phyllodes tumors account for a mere 0.05% of all breast malignancies.