Primary angiosarcoma of the breast: Observations in Asian Indian women

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 368-374

  Shet, Tanuja ^a,b   Malaviya, Alopa ^a   Nadkarni, Mandar ^a   Kakade, Anagha ^a   Parmar, Vani ^a   Badwe, Rajan ^a   Chinoy, Roshni ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Breast; C kit

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; IMATINIB; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG TARGETING; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; ONCOGENE C KIT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 33749061945     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20593     Document Type: Article

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