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Angiosarcoma (review)
This review summarises the epidemiology, subtypes (including radiation- and lymphoedema-associated forms), surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy of angiosarcoma, and why outcomes remain poor.
Overview
Review covering the presentation and risk factors of angiosarcoma at different sites, pathology, staging, wide surgical excision with radiotherapy, systemic therapy with anthracyclines and taxanes, anti-angiogenic agents, and prognostic factors.
ReviewHas not changed practice yet
Authors
Young RJ, Brown NJ, Reed MW, et al.
Published
The Lancet Oncology, 2010
What it means
The angiosarcoma page's structure by site and by aetiology (cutaneous, radiation-associated breast, visceral) follows this review.
Caveats
- Predates immunotherapy data in cutaneous angiosarcoma.