Local Excision Without Radiation for High-Grade Soft-Tissue Sarcoma of
the Extremity and Superficial Trunk

Lorna M. Weir; Anthony B. Vanbergeyk; Bassam A. Masri; Clive A. Grafton; Clive P. Duncan; Karen J. Goddard; Howard A. Joe

doi:10.1080/13577140020008075

Sarcoma (Jan 2000)

Local Excision Without Radiation for High-Grade Soft-Tissue Sarcoma of the Extremity and Superficial Trunk

Lorna M. Weir,
Anthony B. Vanbergeyk,
Bassam A. Masri,
Clive A. Grafton,
Clive P. Duncan,
Karen J. Goddard,
Howard A. Joe

Affiliations

Lorna M. Weir: Department of Radiation Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada
Anthony B. Vanbergeyk: Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Bassam A. Masri: Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Clive A. Grafton: Department of Radiation Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada
Clive P. Duncan: Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Karen J. Goddard: Department of Radiation Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada
Howard A. Joe: Department of Radiation Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Victoria, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13577140020008075
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 3
pp. 113 – 117

Abstract

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Purpose. Limb-sparing surgery combined with radiation treatment has become the accepted treatment for patients with high-grade soft-tissue sarcoma. Adjuvant radiation was not routinely used at this institution for patients with clear margins after surgery.This retrospective review analyses the outcome of this group of patients.

Published in Sarcoma

ISSN: 1357-714X (Print); 1369-1643 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/5805

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