Angiosarcoma Prevention

New angiosarcoma prevention findings from Heinrich-Heine-University described

Published in Cancer Weekly, February 12th, 2008

A report, 'Interdisciplinary treatment of primary hepatic angiosarcoma: emergency tumor embolization followed by elective surgery,' is newly published data in European Journal of Medical Research. "Among primary hepatic malignancies, sarcomas represent a minority of 2 %. Of those, primary hepatic angiosarcoma is the most common one," investigators in Dusseldorf, Germany report.

"In the past its incidence has been related to the exposure of certain chemicals like thorotrast, vinyl-chloride or arsenic. -Patients suffering from this aggressive, highly vascular tumor have a poor prognosis in general. Without treatment most of them die after rapid tumor progression...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-02-12)

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