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ArticleClinical sarcoma research2020

Preoperative accelerated radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy in a defined cohort of patients with high risk soft tissue sarcoma: a Scandinavian Sarcoma Group study.

Kirsten Sundby Hall, Øyvind S Bruland, Bodil Bjerkehagen, Elisabet Lidbrink, Nina Jebsen, Hans Hagberg, Karin Papworth, Oskar Hagberg, Clement Trovik, Henrik Bauer and 1 more

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Article in Clinical sarcoma research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00790244 (A Scandinavian Sarcoma Group Treatment Protocol for Adult Patients With Non-metastatic High-risk Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Extremities and Trunk Wall), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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NCT00790244 phase2unknown statusnot on this map

A Scandinavian Sarcoma Group Treatment Protocol for Adult Patients With Non-metastatic High-risk Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Extremities and Trunk Wall

TypeinterventionalSponsorOslo University HospitalRan2007 to 2022Enrolled188ConditionsSoft Tissue Sarcoma, Non Metastatic DiseaseArmsdoxorubicin , ifosfamide, doxorubicin, ifosfamide
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11 authors at 9 institutions in 2 countries.

Kirsten Sundby HallDepartment of Oncology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. ksh@ous-hf.no.
Øyvind S BrulandDepartment of Oncology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Bodil BjerkehagenDepartment of Pathology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Elisabet LidbrinkDepartment of Medical Oncology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Nina JebsenDepartments of Oncology and Orthopedics, Haukeland University Hospital and Centre for Cancer Biomarkers (CCBIO), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Hans HagbergDepartment of Oncology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
Karin PapworthDepartment of Oncology, Norrlands University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden.
Oskar HagbergInstitution of Translation Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
Clement TrovikDepartment Musculo-Skeletal Tumor Service/Orthopedics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Henrik BauerMusculo-Skeletal Tumor Service, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Mikael ErikssonDepartment of Oncology, Skåne University Hospital, and Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Karolinska University Hospital · SEOslo University Hospital · NOHaukeland University Hospital · NOLund University · SESkåne University Hospital · SEUniversity Hospital of Umeå · SEUniversity of Bergen · NOUniversity of Oslo · NOUppsala University Hospital · SE

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Abstract

backgroundWe recently reported outcomes from a Scandinavian Sarcoma Group adjuvant study (SSG XX group A) conducted on localized and operable high risk soft tissue sarcoma (STS) of the extremities and trunk wall. SSG XX, group B, comprised of patients in a defined cohort with locally advanced STS considered at high risk for intralesional surgery. These patients received preoperative accelerated radiotherapy, together with neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy. Herein we report the results of this group B.

methodsTwenty patients with high-grade, locally advanced and deep STS located in lower extremities (n = 12), upper extremities (5) or trunk wall (3) were included. The median age was 59 years and 14 patients were males. The treatment regimen consisted of 6 cycles of doxorubicin (60 mg/m

resultsMedian follow-up time for metastasis-free survival (MFS) was 2.8 years (range 0.3-10.4). The 5-year MFS was 49.5% (95% confidence interval [CI] 31.7-77.4). The median follow-up time was 5.4 years (range 0.3-10.4) for overall survival (OS). The 5-year OS was 64.0% (95% CI 45.8-89.4). The median tumour size was 13 cm, with undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (n = 10) and synovial sarcoma (n = 6) diagnosed most frequently. All patients completed surgery. Resection margins were R0 in 19 patients and R1 in 1 patient. No patients had evidence of disease progression preoperatively. Three patients experienced a local recurrence, in 2 after lung metastases had already been diagnosed. Eleven patients (55%) had postoperative wound problems (temporary in 8 and persistent in 3).

conclusionsPreoperative chemotherapy and radiotherapy were associated with temporary wound-healing problems. Survival outcomes, local control and toxicities were deemed satisfactory when considering the locally advanced sarcoma disease status at primary diagnosis. Trial registration This study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT00790244 and with European Union Drug Regulating Authorities Clinical Trials No. EUDRACT 2007-001152-39.

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