Abstract

Primary cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare disease with poor prognosis. A 34-year-old male patient who underwent an open cardiac surgery and diagnosed as cardiac angiosarcoma on the right atrium was admitted to the medical oncology department. Complete curative resection of the tumor was not possible and postoperatively 6 cycles of combination chemotherapy regimen (ifosphamide with mesna protection and doxorubicin) was given. Patient had stable disease for 8 months, and after progression a second-line chemotherapy (paclitaxel) was started but he died after 15 months of diagnosis. Since curative resections are not possible in most of the cardiac angiosarcoma cases, further treatment options are desperately needed.