Open AccessSoft Tissue Sarcomas
Author(s) -
R. Gerner,
George E. Moore,
John W. Pickren
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-197506000-00007
Subject(s) - medicine , leiomyosarcoma , rhabdomyosarcoma , liposarcoma , amputation , soft tissue , trunk , fibrosarcoma , sarcoma , primary tumor , radiation therapy , soft tissue sarcoma , surgery , distant metastasis , metastasis , radiology , cancer , pathology , ecology , biology
One hundred fifty-five adult patients with "operable" soft part sarcomas including rhabdomyosarcoma, liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma and fibrosarcoma of the trunk and extremities are reviewed. Local recurrences of 93% and 60% occurred after local and wide excisions of the primary tumor. In this series of patients, amputation was the most efficient procedure for controlling the primary site. The absolute 5 and 10-year survival rates for all groups of tumors were 50% and 26%. Development of a second primary tumor of a different cell type occurred in 9% of the patients. Local recurrence, single distant metastasis, and/or second primary tumors should be considered potentially curable and appropriate surgical and/or radiation therapy carried out.