Angiosarcoma: A type of cancer that begins in the lining of blood vessels. This type of tumor tends to be aggressive, recur locally, and spread widely. It can originate anywhere in the body but is well known to arise in skin, soft tissue, liver, breast, spleen, bone, lung and heart. Factors predisposing to angiosarcoma include chronic lymphedema (as from a radical mastectomy), radiotherapy, foreign materials (such as Dacron, shrapnel, steel, and plastic) in the body, and environmental agents (such arsenic solutions used to spray grapevines, the radiation-emitting contrast agent Thorotrast, and vinyl chloride in the plastic industry).
An angiosarcoma (AS) is an uncommon malignant neoplasms characterized by rapidly proliferating, extensively infiltrating anaplastic cells derived from blood ...
A discussion of the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of the various types of angiosarcoma.
Provides outline of disease, characteristics, stains, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.
Looking for information on angiosarcoma? Here you will find out what angiosarcoma is; what causes it and how it shows up in the body.
Angiosarcoma of the breast is a rarely diagnosed type of breast cancer. It can grow and spread quickly, and may affect many organs in your body. Learn the ...