Sarcoma (Jan 2002)

The Treatment and Outcome of Patients With Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Synchronous Metastases

  • John M. Kane,
  • J. William Finley,
  • Deborah Driscoll,
  • William G. Kraybill,
  • John F. Gibbs

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/1357714021000022168
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 2
pp. 69 – 73

Abstract

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Introduction: There is a strong association between poor overall survival and a short disease-free interval for patients with soft tissue sarcomas (STS) and metastatic disease. Patients with STS and synchronous metastases should have a very dismal prognosis.The role of surgery in this subgroup of patients with STS has not been defined.