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Extremity and Trunk Soft Tissue Sarcomas

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The treatment of extremity soft tissue sarcomas has evolved from amputation or radical compartmental resections to limb-salvage therapy utilizing a combination of wide local excision and radiation therapy. Results from a randomized study done by the National Cancer Institute and multiple retrospective reviews have revealed no significant survival advantage with the more radical surgical procedure (1–4).

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Mayo Clinic and Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN, USA

    Leonard L. Gunderson MD, MS (Professor and Chair of Oncology) (Professor and Chair of Oncology)

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Christopher G. Willet MD

  3. Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Beth Israel Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Louis B. Harrison MD

  4. University Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

    Felipe A. Calvo MD (Chair of Oncology) (Chair of Oncology)

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Petersen, I.A. et al. (1999). Extremity and Trunk Soft Tissue Sarcomas. In: Gunderson, L.L., Willet, C.G., Harrison, L.B., Calvo, F.A. (eds) Intraoperative Irradiation. Current Clinical Oncology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-696-6_20

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