title: Chest wall tumors: experience with 58 patients.
abstract: A total series of 58 patients with chest wall neoplasms were compiled. There were 13 benign neoplasms and 45 malignant neoplasms. There were 28 total primary chest wall neoplasms, 15 (53.3%) of which were malignant. Of the primary chest wall neoplasms, chondrosarcoma was the most prevalent (5) followed by fibrosarcoma (3) and plasmacytoma (3). Because of the high incidence of malignancy found in this study, all chest wall tumors should be regarded as malignant until proven otherwise. Because of this, wide excisional biopsy with tumor-free margins should be carried out for all chest wall neoplasms to ensure the best survivability.
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Farley
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Seyfer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery