title: [Radiotherapy of malignant soft tissue tumors].
abstract: The treatment of choice for small low-grade lesions in soft tissues may well be wide or radical surgical resection alone. For all other lesions (UICC stage IIa and larger), multimodal treatment is recommended. Pre- or postoperative radiotherapy reduces the local failure rate to 5%-10%. A re-resection should be performed after non-oncologic resections. Irradiation offers an entirely credible alternative to radical surgery for desmoid tumors which are not resectable.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Strahlentherapie Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sauer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dunst
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*