Pulmonary metastasectomy with therapeutic intent for soft-tissue sarcoma.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Soft-tissue sarcoma is a heterogeneous disease that frequently includes the development of pulmonary metastases. The purpose of this study is to determine factors associated with improved survival among patients with soft-tissue sarcoma to help guide selection for pulmonary metastasectomy.

Methods

We reviewed a prospectively maintained database and identified 803 patients who underwent pulmonary metastasectomy for metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma between September 1991 and June 2014; of these, 539 patients undergoing 760 therapeutic-intent pulmonary metastasectomies were included. Clinicopathologic variables and characteristics of treatment were examined. The outcomes of interest were overall survival and disease-free survival. Survival was estimated with the Kaplan-

SUBMITTER: Chudgar NP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5521256 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature