Published May 1985 | Version v1
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Postirradiation angiosarcoma

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Description

A 61-year-old woman developed a cutaneous angiosarcoma of the lower abdomen in the site where she had received radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix uteri 23 years earlier. The rarity of this event and the dermatologist's general unfamiliarity with this late complication of radiation therapy have prompted a review of cutaneous postirradiation angiosarcoma

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Journal Title
J. Am. Acad. Dermatol.
Journal Issue
p. 922-926
Series
J. Am. Acad. Dermatol.
ISSN
0190-9622
CODEN
JAADD

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
17027814
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
ABDOMEN; AGED ADULTS; CARCINOMAS; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; FEMALES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIUM; SARCOMAS; SIDE EFFECTS
Descriptors DEC
ADULTS; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BODY; BODY AREAS; DISEASES; ELEMENTS; MEDICINE; METALS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; THERAPY