Clinical significance of local control of primary tumour in definitive radiotherapy for scalp angiosarcomas.
Tairo KashiharaDai OgataKae OkumaSatoshi NakamuraHiroki NakayamaTaisuke MoriAkira TakahashiKenjiro NamikawaAyaka TakahashiKana TakahashiTomoya KanedaKoji InabaNaoya MurakamiHiroyuki OkamotoYuko NakayamaNaoya YamazakiHiroshi IgakiPublished in: Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) (2022)
The initial local treatment effect was significantly associated with OS and CSS after definitive radiotherapy. Furthermore, local recurrence after radiotherapy resulted in a variety of symptoms, including bleeding and pain, which reduced the patient's quality of life.