Population
99 patients with angiosarcoma in Japan, age 3-92 years (mean 62 years), 2:1 male to female ratio.
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Highlights Japan-specific angiosarcoma risks and poor survival; leaves open need for larger studies to confirm causality and guide practice.
Angiosarcoma in Japan has distinctive causative factors compared to Western countries, including chronic pyothorax, radiotherapy, and thorotrast, with a poor 2-year survival rate of 17%.
Naka et al. (1995) studied this question.
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