Open AccessClinical significance of radiofrequency ablation and metastasectomy in elderly patients with lung metastases from musculoskeletal sarcomas
Author(s) -
Tomoki Nakamura,
Akihiko Matsumine,
Koichiro Yamakado,
Motoshi Takao,
Atsushi Uchida,
Akihiro Sudo
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.113358
Subject(s) - medicine , metastasectomy , lung , sarcoma , incidence (geometry) , ablation , radiofrequency ablation , radiology , metastasis , surgery , cancer , pathology , physics , optics
The incidence of sarcoma diagnosed in the elderly population may be rising due to the increasing life expectancy. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the efficacy of lung metastasectomy and radiofrequency (RF) ablation in elderly sarcoma patients (65 years or older) with lung metastases, compared with adult sarcoma patients younger than 65 years (20-64 years).