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Published on: April 17, 2012
Case of Radiation-Induced Angiosarcoma after Breast-Conserving Surgery with Hypofractionated Radiotherapy in a
Yujiro Kawata1, Kenta Watanabe1, Ryoji Tokiya1
1Department of Radiology, Kawasaki Medical School.
Abstract:
Radiation-induced angiosarcoma (RIAS) is a rare, late adverse event of radiotherapy comprising approximately half of all radiation-induced sarcomas. It has a relatively short latency period and generally unfavorable prognosis. This study presents a case of RIAS that developed 5 years and 11 months after the completion of hypofractionated radiotherapy (42.56 Gy/16 fractions) following partial mastectomy. The patient was diagnosed with RIAS 10 months after the onset of skin redness. She underwent skin tumor resection, followed by paclitaxel, then pazopanib administration, but no radiotherapy. At 6 years and 2 months after surgery, no RIAS recurrence has been detected.

