Angiosarcoma developing in a breast after conservation treatment for breast cancer

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 486-488

  Parker, Robert G ^a   Barsky, Sanford H ^a   Bennion, Robert ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosaroma; Breast cancer; Breast conservation

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; TAMOXIFEN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IONIZING RADIATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 0141892002     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000037738.84777.E5     Document Type: Article

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