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Follow‐up of the soft tissue sarcoma patient
Author(s) -
Tseng William W.,
Amini Behrang,
Madewell John E.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.23814
Subject(s) - medicine , soft tissue sarcoma , soft tissue , sarcoma , intensive care medicine , surgery , pathology
Despite optimal treatment, patients with soft tissue sarcoma are at risk for recurrence and therefore appropriate surveillance is critical. At minimum, regularly scheduled clinical assessments and chest X‐rays are necessary. Consensus guidelines are available; however, surveillance strategies must be personalized based on the risk for recurrence and inherent disease biology. Further research is needed on a number of issues, including the impact of surveillance on clinical outcome and the utility of molecular surveillance. J. Surg. Oncol. 2015 111:641–645 . © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.