Stewart-Treves-angiosarcoma of the breast The importance of early diagnosis and preventative lymphedema-treatment

After breast conserving therapy (BCT) with an adjuvant radiation therapy and an existing chronic untreated lymphedema of the breast, secondary cutaneous breast angiosarcoma (Stewart-Treves-Syndrome) accumulates. Although the disease is rare (0,04% within all breast neoplasms), this tumor entity is monitored and described more and more often and shouldn't be underestimated. Surgeons, Oncologists and Radiotherapists are faced with difficult therapeutic challenges due to early metastasis, high relapse rate and mortality rate, despite radical tumor surgery. As breast conserving therapy of mammacarcinoma (BCT) is inc…