An unusual case of secondary fibrosarcoma after treatment for breast cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1133-1136

  Plotti, Francesco ^a   Di Donato, Violante ^a   Zullo, Marzio Angelo ^b   Angioli, Roberto ^b   Panici, Pierluigi Benedetti ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast sarcoma; Fibrosarcoma; Post irradiation breast sarcoma; Secondary breast cancer

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SARCOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY;

ADULT; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 33751533891     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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