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Surgery of soft tissue sarcomas

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Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research ((CTAR,volume 44))

Abstract

The aim of local treatment of soft tissue sarcomas is complete eradication of the primary tumor. Regional lymph node metastasis is uncommon, being detected in only 2.7% in the series reported by Lindberg et al. [1] and in 4% of the author’s cases at initial presentation. Surgical resection with microscopically free margins is the most certain single method of local control [2–4]. The addition of radiotherapy to surgery improves the rate of local control [1, 5]. It has been suggested that cytotoxic therapy contributes to local control, whether given systemically [6] or by the regional intra-arterial route [7,8], but further evaluation of these claims is required. Since surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy are often used in complementary fashion, joint consultation among surgeon, radiation oncologist, and medical oncologist is essential.

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    Herbert M. Pinedo

  2. Department of Medical Oncology, Rotterdam Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Jaap Verweij

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Westbury, G. (1989). Surgery of soft tissue sarcomas. In: Pinedo, H.M., Verweij, J. (eds) Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 44. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1757-9_4

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