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Adjectival Hyphens

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"These tumours affect females more than males, as it is commonly associated with post-mastectomy lymphoedema. The incidence is unknown, but studies have shown that it has occurred in ~0.25% (range 0.03-0.45%) of patients who survive at least 5 years after radical mastectomy ^6,7."

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Approximation Spacing

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"This is a poor prognostic tumour, the mean survival rate is ~ 2 years with a 5-year survival rate of ~20% ¹². The treatment is aggressive surgical resection and amputation of limbs is frequently recommended, even though the recurrence rate still high ^ref."

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"Chronic lymphoedema-associated angiosarcoma is used in the WHO Soft Tissue and Bone Tumours (5th ed.); lymphangiosarcoma is not a recommended term ⁵."

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"Chronic lymphoedema-associated angiosarcoma is used in the WHO Soft Tissue and Bone Tumours (5th ed.); lymphangiosarcoma is not a recommended term ⁵."

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Acronyms

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"The occurrence of angiosarcoma in patients with chronic lymphoedema post radical mastectomy was first reported by American pathologist FW Stewart (1894-1991) and American surgeon N Treves (d. 1964) in 1948 ^13-15."

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Headings Valid

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H1 Terminology
H1 Usage
H1 Epidemiology
H2 Risk factors
H2 Associations
H1 Clinical presentation
H2 Complications
H1 Diagnosis
H2 Diagnostic criteria
H2 Diagnostic clues
H1 Pathology
H2 Aetiology
H2 Location
H2 Classification
H2 Macroscopic appearance
H2 Microscopic appearance
H2 Immunophenotype
H2 Markers
H2 Genetics
H1 Radiographic features
H2 Plain radiograph
H2 Mammography
H2 Antenatal ultrasound
H2 Transoesophageal echocardiography
H2 Ultrasound
H2 CT
H3 Dual-energy CT
H2 Angiography (DSA)
H2 MRI
H2 CT/MRI
H2 Nuclear medicine
H3 PET-CT
H3 PET-MRI
H1 Radiology report
H1 Treatment and prognosis
H2 Complications
H1 History and etymology
H1 Differential diagnosis
H2 Clinical differential diagnosis
H1 Practical points
H1 See also

"Signal characteristics"

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Semicolons

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"Chronic lymphoedema-associated angiosarcoma is used in the WHO Soft Tissue and Bone Tumours (5th ed.); lymphangiosarcoma is not a recommended term ⁵."

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"Chronic lymphoedema-associated angiosarcomas was first associated with lymphoedema secondary to radical mastectomy to treat breast cancer ¹³; however, it has been shown to arise in chronically lymphoedematous regions of any cause ⁸. Chronic lymphoedema seems to induce a degree of local immunodeficiency that leads to oncogenesis ⁹."

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Biographical Lifespan

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"History and etymology"

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Lint: chronic-lymphoedema-associated-angiosarcoma