The current management of alveolar soft part sarcomas.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Alveolar soft part sarcomas (ASPS) which has high potential ability of metastasis, is a rare and slowly growing malignant tumor, and mainly primary localized in limbs. To date, little is known about the best treatment of ASPS. This study aims to review the current management and advance of ASPS.

Methods

WANFANG MED ONLINE, CNKI, and NCBI PUBMED were used to search literature spanning from 1963 to 2020, and all cases of ASPS about "ASPS, diagnosis, treatment, surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, target therapy or immune therapy" with detailed data were included.

Results

Complete surgical resection remained the standard management strategy, radiotherapy was reported to be used for the patients of micro- or macroscopical incomplete residue or the surgical margi

SUBMITTER: Chang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8341245 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature