Primary soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities in adults
β Scribed by Dr. C. P. Karakousis; C. Proimakis; D. L. Walsh
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 559 KB
- Volume
- 82
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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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
Background and Objectives: Modern series of adult extremity soft tissue sarcomas utilize combinations of modalities in all patients. Remaining questions: 1) is it necessary to strive for wide margins in the multimodality era; 2) to use adjuvant therapy in every high-grade sarcoma? 3) Does previous p
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. Limb preservation is preferred to amputation for patients with extremity soft tissue sarcoma (ESTS). Disparities in the treatment and outcomes of several malignancies have been reported, but not for ESTS. The authors assessed racial/ethnic differences in patientβ and tum