Atypical metastatic profile in Stewart-Treves syndrome

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1388-1390

  Almond, Mark H ^a   Jones, Robin L ^a   Thway, Khin ^a   Fisher, Cyril ^a   Moskovic, Eleanor ^a   Judson, Ian R ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DOXORUBICIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; STEWART TREVES SYNDROME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPHANGIOSARCOMA; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77958156080     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2010.491089     Document Type: Letter

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