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ReviewFaculty reviews2021

Recent advances in the understanding and management of liposarcoma.

Candace L Haddox, Richard F Riedel

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Review in Faculty reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Liposarcoma: State of the Art-A Scoping Review.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  4. Myxoid liposarcoma: treatment outcomes, metastatic pattern and volumetric analysis.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Candace L HaddoxDivision of Medical Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Richard F RiedelDivision of Medical Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Duke Medical Center · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liposarcomas are a common subfamily of soft tissue sarcoma with several subtypes recognized by the World Health Organization: atypical lipomatous tumors (ALT)/well-differentiated liposarcoma (WDLPS), dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS), myxoid liposarcoma (MLPS), pleomorphic liposarcoma (PLPS), and myxoid pleomorphic liposarcoma (MPLPS). Despite shared adipocytic features among liposarcomas, the clinical approach to each subtype differs based on histology, location, clinical behavior, and specific oncogenic drivers. In this review, we highlight subtype-specific molecular features with the potential to generate novel therapies. We discuss recent clinical trials investigating the use of preoperative radiation therapy for retroperitoneal liposarcoma, chemotherapy, small molecule inhibitors, and innovative immunotherapy approaches and describe how we incorporate these advancements into the management of liposarcoma.

Indexed as

Clinical TrialsDedifferentiatedImmunotherapyLiposarcomaMyxoid/Round cellPleomorphicTargeted therapyWell-differentiated

Identifiers

PMID33659920
PMCPMC7894267
OpenAlexW3120265917

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