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angiosarcoma

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an·gi·o·sar·co·ma  (nj--sär-km)
n.
A malignant tumor arising from vascular tissue.
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Noun1.angiosarcoma - 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
malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor - a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body


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Cutaneous angiosarcoma of the head and neck is a ram vascular neoplasm.
A little over a year ago, she was diagnosed as having an angiosarcoma in her left breast.
Authors of these articles include Aaron Blair, the chief of the Occupational Studies Section of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), who stated that epidemiologic evidence shows a strong exposure-response relationship for angiosarcoma of the liver, but not for other types of cancer (Blair and Kazerouni 1997).
 
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