ANGIOSARCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH RADIATION THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH A HISTORY OF INVASIVE BREAST CARCINOMA. A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
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https://doi.org/10.15407/exp-oncology.2025.02.260Keywords:
breast angiosarcoma, radiation therapy, breast carcinoma, angiosarcoma associated with radiotherapyAbstract
Angiosarcoma of the breast is a rare malignant tumor and accounts for 1% of all soft tissue tumors of the breast. Breast angiosarcoma caused by previous radiation therapy more frequently affects older women with a history of breast cancer. The standard treatment for such patients is radical surgery, but there are still many debatable questions regarding the treatment of these malignant tumors. The purpose of this article is to review the medical literature on angiosarcomas associated with radiotherapy and describe a case as an example.
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