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Radiation induced sarcomas following treatment for breast cancer: Presentation of a series of 14 cases treated with an aggressive surgical approach
Author(s) -
Rivoire M.,
Delay E.,
El Arini A.,
Mignotte H.,
Wagner P.,
Zlatoff P.,
Bobin J. Y.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930570307
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , series (stratigraphy) , radiation therapy , breast cancer , cancer , general surgery , surgery , radiology , paleontology , biology
Abstract According to the criteria established by Cahan et al., we report 14 radiation induced sarcomas occurring in the treated volume after radiation therapy for adenocarcinoma of the breast. All these sarcomas were treated by wide surgical resection. In spite of a macroscopic free margin, only patients who underwent major amputation could hope to be cured. All the centrally located sarcomas recurred. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.