IMRT for Angiosarcoma of the Scalp Using Tomotherapy: Planning Study and the Initial Results

Kiura, Katsuyuki; Kageyama, Shun‐Ichiro; Kitou, Satoshi; Shibata, Yukiko; Ito, Kei; Shimizuguchi, T.; Murata, Hideki; Tanaka, Hiroshi; Nihei, Keiji; Yoshino, Koji

doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.2206

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“…The use of radiation therapy associated to surgery allows a better local control of the disease [9,15,20,21]. Recommended doses appear to be 70 Gy or more in case of non-operated tumor (macroscopic disease) and 60 Gy or more in case of operated tumor (microscopic disease).…”

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Angiosarcoma of the Scalp and Face: A Hard to Treat Tumor

Jmour¹,

Kochbati²,

Ghith³

et al. 2017

Glob J Cancer Ther

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Cutaneous angiosarcoma is a rare and aggressive malignant tumor of vascular origin. Multimodality treatment including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy should be used according to age and local spread. Prognosis is poor with a 5-year survival of 10-15%. We report the case of an angiosarcoma of the scalp and face treated with sequential contact radiotherapy and chemotherapy. After local response, the patient progressed in non-irradiated zone then had liver metastasis.

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