Table 1.

A summary of 30 cases of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the breast reported in the English language literature from 1979 to 2010

Author [ref.]	Year	Age, years	Sex	Grade	Site	Size, cm	Distant metastasis	Lymphatic metastasisa	Surgical approach	Medical approach	Follow-up, months	Status
Camelo-Piragua et al. [7]	2009	49	F	IG	R	4.0	no	1/(3)	MRM	CT	12	alive
Hornychova et al. [9]	2007	63	F	H	R	1.8	no	0/(17)	SM+LND	CT+RT	18	alive
		30	F	Lo	L	8.0	no	0/(NA)	MRM	CT+RT	60	alive
Horii et al. [1]	2006	54	F	Lo	L	2.5	no	0/(NA)	MRM	CT	36	alive
Gomez-Aracil et al. [11]	2006	69	F	H	R	6.0	no	24/(28)	MRM	CT	54	alive
Terzi et al. [22]	2004	79	F	H	R	8.0	NS	4/(14)	MRM	NS	NS	NS
Tommaso et al. [3]	2004	80	F	Lo	L	0.5	no	NS	excision	NS	5	alive
		29	F	Lo	L	0.8	no	NS	excision	NS	90	alive
		54	F	Lo	L	1.5	no	NS	Q+LND	NS	13	alive
		36	F	H	L	1.1	no	NS	Q+LND	NS	18	alive
		55	F	IG	L	0.6	no	NS	Q+LND	NS	3	alive
Tjalma et al. [13]	2002	58	F	Lo	R	3.5	yes	1/(17)	RM	NS	156	alive
Berry et al. [2]	1998	51	F	H	L	3.5	no	0/(NA)	RM	NS	NS	NS
Markopoulos et al. [14]	1998	40	F	H	R	2.0	no	0/(NA)	WE+LND	NS	60	alive
Chang et al. [15]	1998	54	F	H	L	4.5	no	0/(9)	MRM	CT	48	alive
Luchtrath and Moll [16]	1989	60	F	H	NS	5.0	yes	12/(18)	RM	NS	30	DOD
Pettinato et al. [17]	1989	72	F	H	R	7.0	yes	16/(19)	MRM	CT	10	DOD
Hanna and Kahn [12]	1985	51	F	NS	L	2.0	no	0/(NA)	MRM	none	8	alive
		31	F	NS	NA	NA	no	2/(18)	MRM	CT	14	alive
Hastrup and Sehested [18]	1985	59	F	H	L	1.0	yes	0/(4)	MRM	CT+RT	25	DOD
Leong and Williams [19]	1985	57	F	H	L	3.5	yes	0/(20)	SM	none	7	DOD
Ratanarapee et al. [20]	1983	27	F	H	NA	NA	yes	6/(15)	NA	NA	14	DOD
Fisher et al. [10]	1983	65	F	Lo	R	2.0	no	NS	Lump	NS	60	alive
		71	F	Lo	L	2.0	no	0/(19)	MRM	NS	48	alive
		57	F	Lo	R	2.5	no	0/(11)	MRM	NS	120	alive
		49	F	Lo	R	3.7	no	0/(13)	RM	NS	108	alive
		60	F	Lo	L	4.0	no	NS	SM	NS	48	XX
Kovi et al. [21]	1981	46	F	H	L	11.0	NS	17/(19)	MRM	NS	NS	NS
Patchefsky et al. [6]	1979	66	F	Lo	R	1.3	no	0/(20)	RM	NS	94	XX
		70	F	Lo	R	5.0	no	NS	Q	NS	10	alive
Present case		69	F	H	L	10.0	no	0/(12)	MRM	CT+RT	12	alive

F = Female; IG = intermediate grade; H = high grade; Lo = low grade; R = right; L = left; NS = non-stated; NA = not applicable; MRM = modified radical mastectomy; SM = simple mastectomy; LND = lymph node dissection; Q = quadrantectomy; RM = radical mastectomy; Lump = lumpectomy; CT = chemotherapy; RT = radiotherapy; DOD = died of disease; XX = died from other causes.

^aInvolved nodes (dissected nodes).