Management of bulky high-grade pleomorphic sarcoma using grid therapy technique
Author(s) -
Sanaz Tajiki,
Somayeh Gholami,
Ali Kazemian,
Peyman Haddad,
Mohammad Mehdi Esfahani,
Reza Ghalehtaki,
Ali Rastjoo,
Fatemeh Pakniyat,
Ali S. Meigooni
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
internatuinal journal of radiation research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2345-4229
pISSN - 2322-3243
DOI - 10.29252/ijrr.19.1.239
Subject(s) - radiation therapy , medicine , external beam radiotherapy , sarcoma , soft tissue sarcoma , soft tissue , radiology , surgery , brachytherapy , pathology
In the present study, a case was reported concerning a patient with a bulky extremity soft tissue sarcoma treated with spatially fractionated Grid therapy and then followed by standard external beam radiotherapy. Treatment was performed using a Grid block to deliver 15 Gy in one fraction. There was one week interval break before EBRT treatment with 50 Gy in 25 fractions for the neoadjuvant external beam radiotherapy. The surgery was performed 4 weeks after the completion of radiotherapy. The follow-up time was considered as 24 months. The patient's general condition was good during this period without the presence of tumor recurrence or grade 3 or 4 treatment-related toxicities. Combining different treatment techniques like grid therapy is feasible and may improve the outcomes in the management of bulky high-grade soft-tissue sarcomas of the extremities.
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