Seventy-four adult patients with localized soft tissue sarcomas were treated with radiation therapy following surgery between 1965 and 1988. Fiftythree were treated after the first excision of their tumor with 6 (1 1.3%) local recurrences. Twenty-one received radiation after excision of recurrent di
Limb-preserving treatment for soft tissue sarcomas of the extremities. The significance of surgical margins
β Scribed by Scott H. Herbert; Benjamin W. Corn; Lawrence J. Solin; Rachelle M. Lanciano; Delray J. Schultz; W. Gillies McKenna; Lawrence R. Coia
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 902 KB
- Volume
- 72
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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Hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion (HILP) with various chemotherapeutic agents has been used for the local treatment of high-grade soft tissue sarcomas (STS) of the extremities, but in most cases, with a disappointing result. Most such regimens certainly should not be considered superior to surger
## Abstract ## Background and Objectives To evaluate the significance of resection margin for soft tissue sarcoma (STS), we determined local recurrenceβfree interval (LRFI), distant metastasesβfree interval (DMFI), and overall survival (OS) for primary extremity and truncal STS with clear margins