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Current update on the diagnosis and management of head and neck soft tissue sarcomas
Author(s) -
TudorGreen Ben,
Gomez Ricardo,
Brennan Peter A.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/jop.12555
Subject(s) - soft tissue , head and neck , medicine , sarcoma , mesoderm , pathology , surgery , biology , embryonic stem cell , biochemistry , gene
Head and neck soft tissue sarcomas are a group of rare heterogeneous tumours arising from embryonic mesoderm. They comprise <1% of all head and neck malignancies and 5–15% of all sarcomas with most head and neck sarcomas arising from soft tissues. Although rare, they are associated with both high recurrence and mortality rates. We review the current management of head and neck soft tissue sarcomas.