Cutaneous angiosarcoma following radiation therapy for breast cancer. A case report and review of the literature;Angiosarcoma cutaneo insorto in seguito a trattamento radioterapico di un carcinoma della mammella. Descrizione di un caso e revisione della letteratura

Pathologica

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 196-202

  Di Tommaso, Luca ^b   Fabbri, A ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Patologia Animale   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Breast; Carcinoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULAR LESION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 5644296057     PISSN: 00312983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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