Primary angiosarcoma of the breast: Clinicopathologic analysis of 49 cases, suggesting that grade is not prognostic

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1896-1904

  Nascimento, Alessandra F ^a,b   Raut, Chandrajit P ^a,b   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Breast; Histologic grade; Sarcoma; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISSEMINATED CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 58749109288     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318176dbc7     Document Type: Article

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