1. Clinical Outcomes of Soft Tissue Sarcoma around the Elbow Joint: A Retrospective Single Institution Study.
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Azurin, Edelyn S., Yamamoto, Norio, Hayashi, Katsuhiro, Takeuchi, Akihiko, Tada, Kaoru, Miwa, Shinji, Igarashi, Kentaro, Higuchi, Takashi, Yonezawa, Hirotaka, Morinaga, Sei, Asano, Yohei, Saito, Shiro, and Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki
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OPERATIVE surgery ,EXTREMITIES (Anatomy) ,RETROSPECTIVE studies ,METASTASIS ,CANCER relapse ,SOFT tissue tumors ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,CANCER patients ,PROGRESSION-free survival ,SARCOMA ,EVALUATION - Abstract
Background. We report a retrospective case series analysis of clinical outcomes of patients with soft tissue sarcoma around the elbow. Methods. Twenty-two patients underwent surgical tumor excision between January 1999 and May 2017, with a mean follow-up of 85.2 months. Results. Six tumors were localized in the upper arm, nine in the elbow, and seven in the forearm. Sixteen tumors were deep-seated, and six were superficially located. Fifteen patients underwent wide excision, including one amputation, and 18 achieved (81.8%) negative margins histologically. Two local recurrences and four distant metastases developed. The mean Musculoskeletal Tumor Society score was 92.0% (range, 33.3–100). The 5-year local recurrence-free survival rate, metastasis-free survival rate, and overall survival rate were 90.0%, 77.0%, and 79.7%, respectively. Conclusions. Local control and limb function can have favorable outcomes when the tumor excised has a histologically negative margin without sacrificing the major structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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