Chondrosarcoma of the pelvis: the role of palliative debulking surgery.
Curative resection of pelvic chondrosarcoma is sometimes technically impossible. In such cases, surgical debulking on one or more occasions may provide symptomatic relief. In a series of 12 patients with pelvic chondrosarcoma, three have undergone a single debulking procedure and three two or more such procedures. All six patients obtained symptomatic relief and five remain alive and well at a median of 12 months from surgery. Two patients have no clinical evidence of recurrent disease 21 and 25 months after the last debulking procedure.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D015996:Survival Rate