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Primary and secondary angiosarcoma of the breast.

Year: 2014

Type: review

Abstract: Angiosarcoma is a rare soft tissue tumor of the breast. It occurs in both a primary form without a known precursor, and a secondary form that has been associated to a history of irradiated breast tissue. These forms differ in many ways including median age, precipitating factors, and presentation. Both forms have a malignant behavior and a poor prognosis. The endeavor of this paper is to review what is known about the presentation, diagnostic and therapeutic modalities to date.

Source: PubMed Central

DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2227-684x.2013.12.03

Authors: Tania K Arora, Krista P Terracina, John Soong, Michael O Idowu, Kazuaki Takabe

Institutions: Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Vascular Tumors and Angiosarcomas

Subfield: Oncology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute