Open AccessEffect of Reresection in Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Author(s) -
Jonathan J. Lewis,
Denis H. Y. Leung,
Joseph Espat,
James M. Woodruff,
Murray F. Brennan
Publication year - 2000
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 - 10.1097/00000658-200005000-00005
Subject(s) - medicine , soft tissue sarcoma , soft tissue , surgery , sarcoma , radiation therapy , stage (stratigraphy) , incidence (geometry) , pathology , paleontology , physics , biology , optics
To determine whether reresection affects survival in patients with inadequately resected, primary extremity soft tissue sarcoma. This study correlates reresection with local recurrence-free survival, metastasis-free survival, and disease-free survival.