Angiosarcoma in a soft tissue sarcoma cohort: real-world patterns and outcomes
By
Kübra Canaslan
Özge Yetginoğlu
Hasan Oğuz Çetinayak
Emine Burçin Tuna
Tuğba Yavuzşen
June 9, 2026
Clinical Scorecard: Angiosarcoma Among Patients with Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Observational Trends and Prognostic Outcomes
At a Glance
Category Detail
Condition
Key Mechanisms Aggressive vascular sarcoma arising from endothelial cells.
Target Population
Care Setting
Key Highlights
Angiosarcoma accounts for approximately 1-2% of all soft tissue sarcomas. 75% of patients presented with metastatic/unresectable disease at diagnosis. Median overall survival was 9.5 months; median progression-free survival was 4.8 months.
Guideline-Based Recommendations
Diagnosis
Management
Monitoring & Follow-up
Risks
R e m o v e u n s u p p o r t e d c l a i m s a b o u t c l i n i c a l b u r d e n .
Patient & Prescribing Data
12 patients with pathologically confirmed angiosarcoma identified from 548 soft tissue sarcoma cases.
First-line therapy was paclitaxel-based in 66.7% and anthracycline-based in 33.3% of advanced cases.
Clinical Best Practices
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