Angiosarcoma developing after conservative treatment for breast carcinoma: Case report with review of the current literature

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 749-755

  Esler Brauer, Lisa ^a   Jaggernauth, Wainwright ^a,b   Zeitouni, Nathalie C ^a,b  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BRUISING;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 34249802902     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33156.x     Document Type: Article

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