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Studies from S.Y. Lim et al provide new data on angiosarcoma

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, March 12th, 2010

"Angiosarcomas of the scalp area are rare tumors mostly affecting elderly patients. In many series, potential treatment options for patients with scalp angiosarcoma have included surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy," scientists writing in the journal Annals of Plastic Surgery report.

"Surgery combined with radiation therapy, however, did not appear to cure many patients. For these reasons, there is a serious need for the development of new approaches. We report our experience of 8 patients presenting angiosarcoma solely of the scalp. Our procedure consisted in radical tumor resection or the scalp with minimal 5-cm safety margins from the most peripheral scatted...

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