Sporadic cutaneous angiosarcomas: A proposal for risk stratification based on 69 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-77

  Deyrup, Andrea T ^a   McKenney, Jesse K ^c   Tighiouart, Mourad ^b   Folpe, Andrew L ^d   Weiss, Sharon W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Cutaneous; Grading; Prognosis; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TUMOR; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 37549041353     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3180f633a3     Document Type: Article

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