Secondary breast angiosarcoma: Lethal response to anti-angiogenic therapy with paclitaxel chemotherapy. A case report

Laura Tomasello; Giovanni Gardin; Francesco Boccardo

Secondary breast angiosarcoma: Lethal response to anti-angiogenic therapy with paclitaxel chemotherapy. A case report

Laura Tomasello, Giovanni Gardin, Francesco Boccardo

A.O.U. San Martino - IST, Istituto Nazionale Ricerca sul Cancro (GENOVA)

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Abstract

Angiosarcoma of the breast is a malignant tumour of vascular endothelial cells. It is a rare and difficult tumour to treat. The authors report a case of cutaneous radiation-associated angiosarcoma treated with paclitaxel chemotherapy. A few days after drug administration, bleeding of skin lesions was observed and the patient died.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4775-4777
Number of pages	3
Journal	Anticancer Research
Volume	26
Issue number	6 C
Publication status	Published - Nov 2006

Keywords

Breast angiosarcoma
Chemotherapy
Paclitaxel

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cancer Research
Oncology

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