title: Angiosarcoma of the breast: the experience of the European Institute of Oncology and a review of the literature.
abstract: Angiosarcoma of the breast (AB) is a rare entity: its overall incidence is estimated at between 0.002% and 0.005% per year. Some potential risk factors have been described, mainly previous irradiation of the breast. We report the experience of the European Institute of Oncology with this unusual disease from January 1996 to January 2006: sixteen patients with angiosarcoma, 9 (56%) of whom had primary AB and 7 (44%), secondary AB, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Breast Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, via Ripamonti 435, 20141, Milan, Italy. alberto.luini@ieo.it
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luini
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gatti
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Botteri
authors.forename: Eliegina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Rafaela
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cecilio Sahium de Almeida
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Veronesi
authors.forename: Mattia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Intra
authors.forename: Gianmatteo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pagani
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Naninato
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Viale
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D013997:Time Factors