title: Embryonal sarcoma of the liver in an adult treated with preoperative chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and hepatic lobectomy.
abstract: A rare case of embryonal sarcoma of the liver in a 28-year-old man is reported. The patient was treated preoperatively with a combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Complete surgical resection, 4.5 months after diagnosis, consisted of a left hepatic lobectomy. No viable tumor was found in the operative specimen. The patient was disease-free 20 months postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio 45267.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: McFadden
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sigmund
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dickson
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Aron
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008637:Mesenchymoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D011300:Preoperative Care; D016896:Treatment Outcome