title: Primary and secondary angiosarcoma of the breast.
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.
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, 2 Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA 23298-0011, USA.
authors.forename: Tania K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, 2 Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA 23298-0011, USA.
authors.forename: Krista P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Terracina
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, 2 Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA 23298-0011, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Soong
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, 2 Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA 23298-0011, USA.
authors.forename: Michael O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Idowu
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, 2 Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA 23298-0011, USA.
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takabe
keywords: Breast; aggressive; cancer; radiation; rapid growth
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