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angiosarcoma  listen  (AN-jee-oh-sar-KOH-muh)

  A type of cancer that begins in the cells that line blood vessels or lymph vessels. Cancer that begins in blood vessels is called hemangiosarcoma. Cancer that begins in lymph vessels is called lymphangiosarcoma.