Radiation-associated angiosarcoma of the small bowel: A case of multiploidy and a fulminant clinical course

APMIS

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 891-894

  Hansen, Steen Holger ^a   Holck, Susanne ^a   Flyger, Henrik ^b   Tange, Ulla Brix ^b  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Multiploidy; Radiation; Small bowel

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEUPLOIDY; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER;

AGED; DNA, NEOPLASM; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; ILEUM; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PLOIDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 0030512666     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1996.tb04954.x     Document Type: Article

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