Angiosarcoma associated with radiation therapy after treatment of breast cancer. Retrospective study on ten years.

CONCLUSION: The median latency was 10 (4-24) years, the incidence of AAR in the East Belgian area was 0.09% of the patients irradiated on the same period. Patients were treated by surgery with wide local excision with or without reconstructive surgery, without radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed median overall survival of 61.8 months, patient survival of 55.6% at one year and 29.6% at five years. With the constant progress of medicine and its technologies, it would be possible to limit the occurrence of AAR or to diagnose it at an earlier stage.
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Source: Cancer Radiotherapie - January 21, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Verdin V, Mattart L, Cusumano PG, De Hertogh O, De Meester C, Francart D, Kirova YM, Nelissen X, Sacino F, Vanderick J, Weerts J, Markiewicz S Tags: Cancer Radiother Source Type: research