title: Paraspinal soft-tissue sarcoma. Classification of 14 cases.
abstract: Fourteen patients were treated surgically for soft-tissue sarcoma arising in the paraspinal muscles. Eleven patients received adjuvant irradiation administered before or after resection. In describing the treatment and outcomes of these patients, a new classification of paraspinal soft-tissue sarcoma is introduced that is based on the anatomic relationship of the tumor to the spinal lamina and the epidural space. This classification can be used in planning combined modality treatment for paravertebral sarcomas. Lesions that extend through the lamina into the epidural space present an unanswered problem for local control.
authors.affiliation: University Musculoskeletal Oncology Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guest
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Langer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noria
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D013131:Spine