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Annals of Oncology 2007 18(5):959-960; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdm113
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© 2007 European Society for Medical Oncology

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Liposomal doxorubicin is active in Stewart–Treves syndrome

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In 1948, Stewart and Treves described some cases of lymphangiosarcoma arised in women who had previously undergone radical mastectomy and axillary node dissection for breast cancer [1]. After this first report, this rare clinical entity has been called Stewart–Treves syndrome (STS). Following mastectomy, patients affected by STS develop purple-colored multifocal raised cutaneous lesions progressing to ulceration in the lymphoedematous upper limb within a median of 10 years (range: 5–27 years) [2]. So far, ~300 cases of STS have been reported [3]. Lymphonodal dissection complicated by lymphedema has . . . [Full Text of this Article]

P Tassone1, P Tagliaferri1, I Cucinotto1, AM Lavecchia2, F Leone3, A Pietragalla1, A Salvino1, V Barbieri1 and S Venuta1,*

1 Medical Oncology Unit, University of Magna Græcia and T. Campanella Cancer Center, Campus Germaneto, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro
2 Pathology Unit
3 Breast Unit, "Pugliese-Ciaccio" Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy

* (E-mail: oncologia@unicz.it)


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