title: Synovial sarcoma of the hand--a literature study.
abstract: Ninety cases of synovial sarcoma of the hand, including eight case reports have been described during the last fifty years, (1934-1984). 8.5% of all synovial sarcomata involve the hand, and affect predominantly individuals under the age of thirty. The five-year survival of these cases was 18% and the ten-year survival 9%.
mesh_terms: D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy