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ArticleEcancermedicalscience2019

Laser thermal ablation to treat a recurrent soft-tissue sarcoma of the leg: a case report.

Chiara De Angelis, Paolo Della Vigna, Gianluca Maria Varano, Giovanni Mauri

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Article in Ecancermedicalscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Chiara De AngelisDivision of Radiology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, via Ripamonti 435, 20141 Milan, Italy.
Paolo Della VignaDivision of Interventional Radiology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, via Ripamonti 435, 20141 Milan, Italy.
Gianluca Maria VaranoDivision of Interventional Radiology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, via Ripamonti 435, 20141 Milan, Italy.
Giovanni MauriDivision of Interventional Radiology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, via Ripamonti 435, 20141 Milan, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present the case of a 52-year-old male patient with recurrence of a soft-tissue sarcoma of the left leg treated with percutaneous laser ablation. The patient received the diagnosis of sarcoma for the first time in 2011; further local recurrences and a pulmonary metastatic spread occurred during follow-up, so the patient has been treated several times with chemotherapy, limb-sparing surgery and radiotherapy. In September 2017, a new local recurrence of sarcoma occurred, for which limb amputation was proposed but refused by the patient. Laser ablation with ultrasound guidance was performed, with complete ablation at 6 months and limb salvage.

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amputationinterventional radiologylaser ablationsarcoma

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PMID31123491
PMCPMC6445535

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