Soft tissue limb and trunk sarcomas: Diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

Marco Rastrelli; Saveria Tropea; Umberto Basso; Anna Roma; Marco Maruzzo; Carlo Riccardo Rossi

Soft tissue limb and trunk sarcomas: Diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

Marco Rastrelli, Saveria Tropea, Umberto Basso, Anna Roma, Marco Maruzzo, Carlo Riccardo Rossi

Istituto Oncologico Veneto

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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
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)

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Soft tissue limb and trunk sarcomas: Diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

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