Radiation induced angiosarcoma a sequela of radiotherapy for breast cancer following conservative surgery

Radiation induced angiosarcomas (RIA) can affect breast cancer patients who had radiotherapy following conservative breast surgery. They are very rare tumors and often their diagnosis is delayed due to their benign appearance and difficulty in differentiation from radiation induced skin changes. The...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tahir, M, Hendry, P, Baird, L, Qureshi, NA, Ritchie, D, Whitford, P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1570350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16965616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7800-3-26
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Sumario:Radiation induced angiosarcomas (RIA) can affect breast cancer patients who had radiotherapy following conservative breast surgery. They are very rare tumors and often their diagnosis is delayed due to their benign appearance and difficulty in differentiation from radiation induced skin changes. Therefore it is very important that clinicians are aware of their existence. We report here a case of RIA followed by discussion and review of literature.

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