title: [Soft tissue sarcoma. Combined treatment of drug therapy, radiotherapy and conservative surgery].
abstract: The preliminary results of a prospective and cooperative protocol for the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas of trunk and extremities, stages IB-IIIB are presented. Thirty one patients (17 males, 22 with a tumor larger than 5 cm) aged 16 to 68 years, were treated with one dose of epirubicin 70 mg/m2 i.v. and radiotherapy (3000 rads in 10 fractions) Two or three weeks later an ample surgical complications occurred in 6 patients and were all of infectious origin. The median follow up period has been of 26 months. During this period 5 patients presented late surgical complications (edema in 4 and a pathological fracture in 1), 2 patients had a local tumor recurrence and distant metastases appeared in 7. Actuarial survival was 60% at 48 months. Ninety six percent of surviving patients conserved their extremity. It is concluded that with this treatment modality local recurrence is acceptable, morbidity is low and that the majority of patients do not require amputations or crippling resection.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Oncológico Dr Caupolicán Pardo Correa, Santiago de Chile.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: San Martín
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sepúlveda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Durán
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trujillo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arraztoa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Sarcoma de partes blandas. Tratamiento combinado de quimioterapia, radioterapia y cirugía conservadora.