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ArticleOncology letters2023

Epidemiology, pathological characteristics and survival of retroperitoneal soft‑tissue sarcomas compared with non‑retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcomas.

Alessandra Buja, Massimo Rugge, Matteo Barillaro, Andrea Miatton, Saveria Tropea, Claudia Cozzolino, Manuel Zorzi, Antonella Vecchiato, Paolo Del Fiore, Antonella Brunello and 3 more

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Article in Oncology letters, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07578506 (Ta-NPs Combined With Radiotherapy for Locally Recurrent Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT07578506 phase1not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Ta-NPs Combined With Radiotherapy for Locally Recurrent Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Prospective, Single-Arm Clinical Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorWest China HospitalRan2026 to 2027Enrolled9ConditionsLocally Recurrent Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue SarcomaArmsTa-NPs (2% Tumor Volume), Ta-NPs (5% Tumor Volume), Ta-NPs (10% Tumor Volume), Radiotherapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alessandra BujaDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, I-35131 Padua, Italy.
Massimo RuggeDepartment of Medicine, Pathology and Cytopathology Unit, University of Padua, I-35128 Padua, Italy.
Matteo BarillaroDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, I-35131 Padua, Italy.
Andrea MiattonDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, I-35131 Padua, Italy.
Saveria TropeaSoft-Tissue, Peritoneum and Melanoma Surgical Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, I-35128 Padua, Italy.
Claudia CozzolinoSoft-Tissue, Peritoneum and Melanoma Surgical Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, I-35128 Padua, Italy.
Manuel ZorziVeneto Tumor Registry, Azienda Zero, I-35132 Padua, Italy.
Antonella VecchiatoSoft-Tissue, Peritoneum and Melanoma Surgical Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, I-35128 Padua, Italy.
Paolo Del FioreSoft-Tissue, Peritoneum and Melanoma Surgical Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, I-35128 Padua, Italy.
Antonella BrunelloMedical Oncology Unit 1, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, I-35128 Padua, Italy.
Vincenzo BaldoDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, I-35131 Padua, Italy.
Carlo Riccardo RossiDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, I-35124 Padua, Italy.
Simone MocellinSoft-Tissue, Peritoneum and Melanoma Surgical Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, I-35128 Padua, Italy.
Istituto Oncologico Veneto · ITUniversity of Padua · ITRegione del Veneto · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retroperitoneal soft-tissue sarcomas (RPS) are rare forms of mesenchymal tumors that account for ~0.15% of all malignancies. The purpose of the present study was to determine the differences between RPS and non-RPS anatomopathological and clinical features and to analyze whether the hazard ratio for short-term mortality differs between patients with RPS and non-RPS, after adjusting for differences in baseline anatomopathological and clinical features. The Veneto Cancer Registry, a high-resolution population-based dataset spanning the regional population, was used as a data source for the analysis. The current analysis focuses on all incident cases of soft-tissue sarcoma recorded by the Registry from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018. A bivariate analysis was carried out to compare demographic and clinical characteristics in RPS and non-RPS. Short-term mortality risk was analyzed by primary tumor site. The significance of variations in survival by site group was determined using Kaplan-Meier curves and the Log-rank test. Finally, Cox regression was used to assess the hazard ratio for survival by sarcoma group. RPS accounted for 22.8% of the total sample (92 out of 404 cases). The mean age at diagnosis was 67.6 years for RPS vs. 63.4 for non-RPS; 41.3% of RPS were >150 mm vs. 5.5% for non-RPS. Stages III and IV were more prevalent in RPS (53.2 vs. 35.6%), despite the fact that, in both groups, advanced stages are the most common onset at diagnosis. Regarding surgical margins, the present study showed that R0 is the most prevalent in non-RPS (48.7%), while R1-R2 is the most frequent in patients with RPS (39.1%). The 3-year mortality rate for retroperitoneum was 42.9 vs. 25.7%. Comparing RPS and non-RPS, the multivariable Cox model showed a hazard ratio of 1.58 after adjusting for all other prognostic factors. RPS clinical and anatomopathological characteristics differ from those of non-RPS. Overall, despite adjusting for other prognostic factors, the retroperitoneum site was an independent prognostic factor associated with a worse overall survival in sarcoma patients compared with other sites.

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epidemiologyretroperitoneal sarcomasoft tissue sarcomasurvival

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PMCPMC10265397
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