Abstract
This review focuses on epidemiology, aetiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, management, prognosis and follow-up of soft tissue sarcomas (STS) involving limbs and trunk. Any patient with a suspected STS should be referred to a specialized sarcoma centre and managed by a multidisciplinary group. The standard treatment is surgical excision followed by adjuvant radiotherapy (RT). Radiotherapy is recommended in patients with intermediate-or high-grade tumors, >5 cm of diameter or
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5251-5262 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Anticancer Research |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 10 |
Publication status | Published - Oct 1 2014 |
Keywords
- Chemotherapy
- Follow-up
- Limb perfusion
- Metastatic disease
- Radiotherapy
- Review
- Soft tissue sarcomas
- Surgery
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cancer Research
- Oncology
- Medicine(all)