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ArticleCancers2021

Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Treatment Modalties for Soft Tissue Sarcomas of the Extremities.

Miriam Rauch, Abbas Agaimy, Sabine Semrau, Alexander Willner, Oliver Ott, Rainer Fietkau, Werner Hohenberger, Roland S Croner, Robert Grützmann, Katja Fechner and 1 more

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Miriam RauchDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Abbas AgaimyDepartment of Pathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0445-8161
Sabine SemrauDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7049-6003
Alexander WillnerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Oliver OttDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5806-6158
Rainer FietkauDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4387-3285
Werner HohenbergerDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Roland S CronerDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital Magdeburg, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
Robert GrützmannDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Katja FechnerDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5812-4810
Nikolaos VassosDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91054 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0580-5663
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEUniversity Hospital Magdeburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNeoadjuvant treatment modalities in soft tissue sarcoma (STS) of the extremities have become more popular in recent years, but because of the rarity and heterogeneity of STS, there are yet few studies on the long-term impact of neoadjuvant treatment modalities, especially in terms of neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy.

methodsThe study enrolled 136 patients with primary STS of the extremities who underwent surgery with curative intent or neoadjuvant therapy, followed by surgery in a 15-year period. Neoadjuvant treatment consisted of radiotherapy (RT) with 60 Gy and in most cases simultaneous chemotherapy (CTx) with ifosfamide (1.5 g/m

resultsA total of 136 patients (M:F = 73:63) with a mean age of 62 years (range; 21-93) was observed. Seventy-four patients (54.4%) received neoadjuvant therapy (NT), 62 patients (45.6%) received primary surgery (PS). When receiving NT, patients with high-risk STS had a lower risk to develop distant metastasis (

conclusionsMultimodal treatment strategies in patients with STS of extremities lead to excellent oncological outcomes. Patients with high-risk STS had a significantly better MFS when receiving NT than patients with low-risk STS. NT was associated with a higher probability of postoperative but well-manageable complications.

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extremityneoadjuvant therapyradiationradiochemotherapysoft tissue sarcoma

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