Secondary angiosarcoma following irradiation--case report and review of the literature. 1998

M K Kim, and S J Huh, and D Y Kim, and J H Yang, and J Han, and Y C Ahn, and D H Lim
Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

Angiosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor that accounts for 1% to 2% of all soft tissue sarcomas. This paper reports a case of radiation-associated angiosarcoma with a literature review of 66 cases. Twenty-nine years after transabdominal hysterectomy and adjuvant radiation therapy for uterine cervix cancer, cutaneous angiosarcoma developed in the abdominal wall of a 63-year-old woman. She underwent wide excision of the abdominal wall mass, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, and has been alive and well without any evidence of metastasis for 23 months since the initial diagnosis of angiosarcoma. After an intensive literature review, we found 66 cases of radiation-associated angiosarcoma. The most common primary disease was breast cancer (44%), with gynecologic cancer (21%) next. Eighty-five percent of radiation-associated angiosarcomas developed in the cutaneous area. The median age at diagnosis was 65 years, and the median latency period from irradiation to diagnosis was 96 months. The median survival period of 48 patients whose survival lengths could be reviewed was 12 months.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009381 Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced Tumors, cancer or other neoplasms produced by exposure to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation. Radiation-Induced Cancer,Cancer, Radiation-Induced,Radiation-Induced Neoplasms,Cancer, Radiation Induced,Cancers, Radiation-Induced,Neoplasm, Radiation-Induced,Neoplasms, Radiation Induced,Radiation Induced Cancer,Radiation Induced Neoplasms,Radiation-Induced Cancers,Radiation-Induced Neoplasm
D002583 Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the UTERINE CERVIX. Cancer of Cervix,Cancer of the Cervix,Cancer of the Uterine Cervix,Cervical Cancer,Cervical Neoplasms,Cervix Cancer,Cervix Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Cervical,Neoplasms, Cervix,Uterine Cervical Cancer,Cancer, Cervical,Cancer, Cervix,Cancer, Uterine Cervical,Cervical Cancer, Uterine,Cervical Cancers,Cervical Neoplasm,Cervical Neoplasm, Uterine,Cervix Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Cervix,Neoplasm, Uterine Cervical,Uterine Cervical Cancers,Uterine Cervical Neoplasm
D005260 Female Females
D006394 Hemangiosarcoma A rare malignant neoplasm characterized by rapidly proliferating, extensively infiltrating, anaplastic cells derived from blood vessels and lining irregular blood-filled or lumpy spaces. (Stedman, 25th ed) Angiosarcoma,Angiosarcomas,Hemangiosarcomas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012878 Skin Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the SKIN. Cancer of Skin,Skin Cancer,Cancer of the Skin,Neoplasms, Skin,Cancer, Skin,Cancers, Skin,Neoplasm, Skin,Skin Cancers,Skin Neoplasm
D013997 Time Factors Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations. Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor

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