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Angiosarcoma
New angiosarcoma research from Charles University outlined
December 16th, 2008
According to recent research from Prague, Czech Republic, "Cutaneous angiosarcoma of the face and scalp is a rare malignant vascular tumor that affects mostly Caucasian elderly males." "At present, connections concerning the etiology of this neoplasm with radiation therapy, exposure to environmental carcinogens and chronic lymphedema have been described. Due to the difficult histologic evaluation, high local recurrence and tendency to early metastasing, angiosarcoma poses generally a very poor prognosis," wrote S. Gkalpakiotis and colleagues, Charles University. The researchers concluded: "We report the case of an 80-year-old patient who experienced...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-12-16)
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