The importance of surgery in scalp angiosarcomas.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scalp angiosarcomas (SA) are rare, representing <1% of soft tissue sarcomas. The optimal management of these tumors is unknown, with management based on small case series. We sought to assess the impact of different therapies on overall survival (OS), the practice patterns nationally, and identify factors associated with OS for non-metastatic scalp angiosarcomas.

Methods

A prospectively maintained database was used to identify non-metastatic scalp angiosarcomas who received some form of definitive therapy. Logistics regression, Kaplan-Meier, and Cox proportional-hazard models were utilized.

Results

A total of 589 patients met study entry criteria with a median follow-up of 4.2 years. The majority (482 patients, 81.8%) had upfront definitive resection and an

SUBMITTER: Cassidy RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6261443 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature