Complete response from thalidomide in angiosarcoma after treatment of breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 900-901

  Raina, Vinod ^a   Sengar, Manju ^a   Shukla, Nootan K ^a   Deo, Sankaranavamsam S ^a   Mohanty, Bidhu K ^a   Sharma, Dayanand ^a   Ray, Ruma ^a   Das, Prasenjit ^a   Rath, Goura K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN; THALIDOMIDE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRY SKIN; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BREAST TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; THALIDOMIDE;

EID: 33947524032     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2006.09.7261     Document Type: Article

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