ANGIOSARCOMA AS A SEQUELA OF BREAST-CANCER-TREATMENT WITH LUMPECTOMY AND RADIOTHERAPY

Authors
CWIKIEL M STENEHURTZEN C ALBERTSSON M ANDERSSON T JOHANSSONTERJE I
Citation
M. Cwikiel et al., ANGIOSARCOMA AS A SEQUELA OF BREAST-CANCER-TREATMENT WITH LUMPECTOMY AND RADIOTHERAPY, Breast, 6(5), 1997, pp. 307-309
Citations number
16
Journal title
Breast → ACNP
ISSN journal
09609776
Volume
6
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
307 - 309
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9776(1997)6:5<307:AAASOB>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Postirradiation sarcoma (PIS), while still uncommon, is a complication that is appearing more frequently as the number of long-term survivor s increases. In this study, two cases of radiation-induced sarcoma of the breast were observed in patients treated for breast cancer with lu mpectomy and postoperative radiation therapy. They had been cured of t heir primary malignancies.