Concepts of the current management of soft tissue sarcomas (STS) of the extremities in adults are presented. The roles of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy as well as the combination of these modalities are reviewed. The addition of radiation therapy to less than radical surgery has resulted in h
Management of patients with sarcoma of soft tissue in an extremity
โ Scribed by Herman D. Suit; William O. Russell; Richard G. Martin
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 672 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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A total of 485 patients with a proven or suspected diagnosis of soft tissue sarcoma were referred over a 3-year period.
## Background: Extremity soft tissue sarcoma (sts) metastasizes preferentially to the lungs via the hematogenous route. metastases in extrapulmonary sites such as bone, brain, and subcutaneous tissues are observed less frequently. to the authors' knowledge, limb sts primarily metastasizing to the r
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The anatomic location of an extremity soft tissue sarcoma may influence the patient's presentation, management, and local and systemic recurrence rates. The objective of this study was to compare the presentation, management, and outcome of patients with soft tissue sarco