Population
32 patients with pathologically diagnosed angiosarcoma of the head and neck, 23 men and 9 women, median age…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 2.1 years (range 83 days to 9.7 years)
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Informs prognosis counseling in head and neck angiosarcoma; leaves open optimal neck management for larger tumors.
In head and neck angiosarcoma, tumor size <7.0 cm, superficial invasion, and diploid DNA content are favorable prognostic factors, and patients with tumors >7.0 cm may benefit from regional neck node dissection or elective neck irradiation.
Aust et al. (1997) studied this question.
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