Primary and secondary angiosarcoma of the breast: The Mayo Clinic experience

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 401-407

  Scow, Jeffrey S ^a   Reynolds, Carol A ^a   Degnim, Amy C ^a   Petersen, Ivy A ^a   Jakub, James W ^a   Boughey, Judy C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast conservation therapy; Mastectomy; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST METASTASIS; BREAST SARCOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCHYMOSIS; ERYTHEMA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77950533737     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21497     Document Type: Article

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