Cutaneous radiation-associated angiosarcoma of the breast: Poor prognosis in a rare secondary malignancy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3801-3808

  Morgan, Elizabeth A ^a   Kozono, David E ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Mery, Carlos M ^a,b   Butrynski, James E ^a   Baldini, Elizabeth H ^a   George, Suzanne ^a   Nascimento, Alessandra F ^a,c   Raut, Chandrajit P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; DOXORUBICIN; GEMCITABINE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST SARCOMA; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTANEOUS RADIATION ASSOCIATED ANGIOSARCOMA OF THE BREAST; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; MASTECTOMY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RADIATION INJURY; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84868101573     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2563-4     Document Type: Article

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