Surveillance Post Surgery for Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma.

ABSTRACT: Complete en bloc surgical resection offers the best opportunity for the cure of primary retroperitoneal sarcomas (RPS). The potential for disease recurrence, in the form of both loco-regional recurrence and distant metastases, underpins the rationale for postoperative surveillance. There is a paucity of high-quality evidence underpinning follow-up for RPS patients, and most practice guidelines draw from expert opinion and evidence from soft tissue sarcomas of the extremities. The available observational retrospective data analysis has failed to demonstrate that high-intensity radiological surveillance improves the overall survival in patients. The lack of a robust evidence base has given rise to variations in approaches to post-operative surveillance strategies adopted by specialist centre

SUBMITTER: Whitaker J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10047263 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature