RADIATION-INDUCED FIBROSARCOMA FOLLOWING TREATMENT FOR BREAST-CANCER

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 81  (4) , 421-425
Abstract
A woman with radiation-induced fibrosarcoma following mastectomy and postoperative radiation for bilateral breast carcinoma was described. Only 6 such cases were reported in the literature. In this patient erosion of the axillary artery produced massive hemorrhage and emergency transthoracic ligation of the subclavian artery caused gangrene of the extremity and sepsis. Interscapulothoracic amputation was life-saving and offered the patient a reasonable chance for long-term survival. Only aggressive surgical management can salvage a patient with radiation-induced sarcoma.

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