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Radical chest wall resection and hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy for radiation‐associated angiosarcoma of the breast: A safe and effective treatment strategy

Abstract

Radiation-associated angiosarcomas (RAS) of the breast are vascular tumors arising in a previous radiation field for primary breast cancer. They occur rarely but confer a high probability of local recurrence (LR) and poor prognosis. A wide range of treatment strategies exists due to limited evidence, and although resection is the definitive treatment, LR rates remain high. It has been suggested hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy (HART) …

Authors

Donovan EK; Corbett T; Vansantvoort J; Kak I; Popvic S; Heller B

Journal

The Breast Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 245–252

Publisher

Hindawi

Publication Date

5 2018

DOI

10.1111/tbj.12886

ISSN

1075-122X