BREAST SARCOMA

Primary sarcoma of the breast is a rare problem and accounts for less than 5% of all soft-tissue sarcomas and less than 1% of all breast mal ignancies. As experience with breast sarcoma has increased, the percei ved differences with other soft-tissue sarcomas has decreased. Outcome is predicated upon histologic type, degree of differentiation, and tu mor size. Recurrences are primarily local as an early event and distan t to the lung somewhat later in the course of the disease.