Angiosarcoma of the breast and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor

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Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 930-935

  Gennaro, Massimiliano ^a   Valeri, Barbara ^a   Casalini, Patrizia ^a   Carcangiu, Maria Luisa ^a   Gronchi, Alessandro ^a   Conti, Alberto Rudy ^a   Agresti, Roberto ^a   Greco, Marco ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Breast Unit H S Gerardo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast angiosarcoma; Targeted therapy; VEGFR expression

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST ANGIOSARCOMA; BREAST SARCOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551491143     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: 20382529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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