Diagnosis and Management of Soft Tissue Sarcomas

STS are a heterogeneous group of malignant tumors that pose significant management challenges. The cornerstone of therapy for patients who have primary STS remains margin-negative resection. Adjuvant radiotherapy has been shown to reduce the risk of recurrence for extremity and trunk STS, although i...

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Published in:Advances in surgery (Chicago) 2008, Vol.42, p.219-228
Main Authors: Scoggins, Charles R., MD, MBA, Pisters, Peter W.T., MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Humans
Neoplasm Staging
Sarcoma - diagnosis
Sarcoma - pathology
Sarcoma - therapy
Soft Tissue Neoplasms - diagnosis
Soft Tissue Neoplasms - pathology
Soft Tissue Neoplasms - therapy
Surgery
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Summary:STS are a heterogeneous group of malignant tumors that pose significant management challenges. The cornerstone of therapy for patients who have primary STS remains margin-negative resection. Adjuvant radiotherapy has been shown to reduce the risk of recurrence for extremity and trunk STS, although its role for retroperitoneal STS remains to be defined. Neoadjuvant radiotherapy has some theoretic advantages to postoperative radiation, but its exact role has yet to be determined. Chemotherapy is usually reserved for chemotherapy-sensitive histologic subtypes and for patients who have metastatic STS.
ISSN:0065-3411
1878-0555
DOI:10.1016/j.yasu.2008.04.002