A rare case of metachronous bilateral angiosarcoma of the breast

Breast Care

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 405-407

  Zhou, Sheng Ang ^a,b   Wei, Hongquan ^c   Ding, Kefeng ^a  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Breast angiosarcoma; Breast sarcoma; Primary angiosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST SARCOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASTECTOMY; PRIMARY ANGIOSARCOMA OF THE BREAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 76749107432     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000261506     Document Type: Article

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