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As the sarcoma develops in most cases at a stage of life when there is sufficient immunity, namely during the first three decades, immunological testing of sarcoma-bearing patients is extremely interesting. A further reason for examining sarcoma patients is the rapid development of metastases in this illness. This suggests that observation of the development over a short period will suffice for an assessment of the prognosis (8, 16). If careful clinical examination 6 months after actual treatment does not reveal metastases, the chances of survival are considerably better than if metastases are discovered.
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Kotz, R., Rella, W., Salzer, M. (1976). The Immune-Status in Patients with Bone and Soft-Tissue Sarcomas. In: Grundmann, E. (eds) Malignant Bone Tumors. Recent Results in Cancer Research / Fortschritte der Krebsforschung / Progrès dans les recherches sur le cancer, vol 54. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80997-2_16
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