The main features of the hemangiopericytoma: its ubiquity, the different grades of malignancy, the lack of correlation between clinical and histological features are discussed in the light of the literature and the experience gained at the National Cancer Institute of Milan. Surgical excision plays a very important role in the management of this tumor. The palliative results recently obtained with chemotherapy are set forth.
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