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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
In the present study, the outcome, patterns of local recurrence and survival, as well as prognostic factors, were evaluated in patients surgically treated for soft tissue sarcomas. Between January 1979 and July 1993, 316 consecutive patients were referred to the Sarcoma Centre in Aarhus with localised malignant soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities or trunk. If possible, the patients were treated with a limb-sparing resection, primarily by use of a wide excision. 50 patients received adjuvant radiotherapy. There were 161 men (51%) and 155 women (49%) median age 56 years (range 1-94 years). 94 patients (30%) had tumours in the trunk, including shoulder and buttock lesions, 163 (52%) in the lower extremity and 59 (19%) in the upper extremity. 52 patients (16%) had grade 1 tumour, 60 (19%) grade 2 and 204 (65%) grades 3A-3B. The 5-year local recurrence rate was 18% and the 5-year survival rate was 75%. Multivariate analysis indicated the following variables as independent unfavourable factors for local recurrence: extracompartmental location, histological high grade, local excision, no adjuvant radiotherapy and intralesional/marginal excision. Independent unfavourable factors for survival were advanced age, extracompartmental location, histological high grade, lower extremity location and large tumour size. If the variable local recurrence was included in the analysis, it was found to have a very strong influence on survival. Based on these variables, a prognostic model was developed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0959-8049
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1876-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Age Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Child, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Multivariate Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Radiotherapy, Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Sarcoma, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:10023309-Survival Rate
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Prognostic factors in soft tissue sarcomas: the Aarhus experience.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Bone and Soft-tissue Sarcomas, University Hospital of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't