Breast-conserving surgery combined with adjuvant chemotherapy for a small, well-differentiated angiosarcoma of the breast can result in long-term survival without recurrence.
May support breast conservation in select angiosarcoma; single case leaves open need for prospective validation.
Angiosarcoma of the breast is a rare tumor which carries the worst prognosis of any breast malignancy. A 34-year-old woman was admitted because of a small tumor in her left breast. Incisional biopsy was performed and the tumor was diagnosed as an angiosarcoma. Left quadrantectomy and axillary dissection was performed and no metastasis was found in the lymph node. More than five years after operation, no symptom of metastasis or recurrence has been revealed.
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