a rare malignant neoplasm arising from vascular tissue; usually occurs in the breast and skin and is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels
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angiosarcoma::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor |
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angiosarcoma
Vinyl chloride monomer, for example, has been found to elevate the risk of hepatic angiosarcoma, a rare liver cancer.
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Angiosarcoma is a highly aggressive cancer that begins in the cells lining the blood or lymph vessels for which options for therapy are limited.
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However, there is a wide spectrum of behavior in this particular tumor type, from indolent, slow-growing hemangioma-like tumors to very aggressive tumors angiosarcoma-like tumors.
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He found that one gene in particular, Wnt1, was expressed during development of blood vessels, shut off during adulthood and then re-expressed in angiosarcoma, a cancer of endothelial cells.
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- A rare malignant neoplasm arising from vascular tissue; usually occurs in the breast and skin and is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels
- Angiosarcoma is a malignant neoplasm of endothelial type cells that line vessel walls. This may be in reference to blood or lymphatic vessels.
- Type of cancer that begins in the lining of blood vessels.
- A rare and deadly cancer that affects the lining of blood or lymph vessels. It can develop anywhere in the body, but mainly affects soft tissues, organs and bones. It is derived
