Why the study?
Does conventional postoperative irradiation with cobalt 60 teletherapy induce angiosarcoma in the breast?
Population
50-year-old woman who developed angiosarcoma in her breast 10 years after conventional postoperative…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
10 years
Authors
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May support radiation-induced breast angiosarcoma; single case report leaves causality open.
Does conventional postoperative irradiation with cobalt 60 teletherapy induce angiosarcoma in the breast?
Highlights a rare case of angiosarcoma developing in a breast 10 years after therapeutic irradiation, suggesting a possible role of radiation in inducing this malignancy.
Givens et al. (1989) studied this question.