ArticleSarcoma2018
Improving Long-Term Outcomes for Patients with Extra-Abdominal Soft Tissue Sarcoma Regionalization to High-Volume Centers, Improved Compliance with Guidelines or Both?
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- Distinguishing benign and malignant myxoid soft tissue tumors: Performance of radiomics vs. radiologists.PloS one · 2025Article
- Survival Outcomes of Ewing Sarcoma and Rhabdomyosarcoma by High- versus Low-Volume Cancer Centres in British Columbia, Canada.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Clinical Routine and Necessary Advances in Soft Tissue Tumor Imaging Based on the ESSR Guideline: Initial Findings.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2022Article
- Analysis of PD-1, PD-L1, and T-cell infiltration in angiosarcoma pathogenetic subgroups.Immunologic research · 2022Article
- Management of Soft Tissue Sarcomas in Extremities: Variation in Treatment Recommendations and Surveillance According to Specialty and Continent.Annals of surgical oncology · 2021Article
- The influence of facility volume on patient treatments and survival outcomes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.Head & neck · 2021Article
- Traveling to Receive Treatment for Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Is it worth the drive?World journal of surgery · 2021Article
- Adherence to guidelines in the management of urolithiasis: are there differences among distinct patient care settings?World journal of urology · 2021Article
- Surgery in reference centers improves survival of sarcoma patients: a nationwide study.Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology · 2019Article
- Outcomes After Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Intersection of Travel Distance and Hospital Volume.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2019Article
- In Reply.The oncologist · 2019Article
- Hospital Volume Versus Good Clinical Practice.The oncologist · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionOptimization of outcomes of extra-abdominal STS is not clearly understood. We sought to determine whether hospital surgical volume and adherence to NCCN guidelines, or both, are associated with outcomes in the treatment of extra-abdominal soft tissue sarcoma (STS).
methodsThe National Cancer Database (NCDB) was queried for patients undergoing surgery for extra-abdominal STS diagnosed from 2003 to 2007. Mean annual hospital volume for STS surgery was divided into volume terciles (1T ≤3, 2T 4-10, and 3T ≥11 cases/year). Adherence to NCCN guidelines was determined. Primary outcome was overall survival.
resultsOur study population consisted of 13,684 patients with a median age of 56 years. 3T hospitals were more likely to adhere to NCCN guidelines for stage III patients (63% versus 47%;
conclusionsAdherence to NCCN guidelines, irrespective of hospital volume, is associated with improved overall survival for patients with extra-abdominal STS. High-volume hospitals more often adhere to guidelines, but low-volume hospitals that follow national guidelines may achieve comparable outcomes.
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