[Clinical practice guidelines: 2006 update of recommendations for the radiotherapeutic management of patients with soft tissue sarcoma (sarcoma of the extremity, uterine sarcoma and retroperitoneal sarcoma].
BACKGROUND
The National French Federation of Comprehensive Cancer Centres (FNCLCC) initiated the update of clinical practice guideline for the management of patients with soft tissue sarcoma in collaboration with the French Sarcoma Group (GSF-GETO), specialists from French public universities, general hospitals and private clinics and with the French National Cancer Institute. This work is based on the methodology developed in the "Standards, Options and Recommendations" (SOR) project.


OBJECTIVE
To update SOR guidelines for the management of patients with soft tissue sarcoma previously validated in 1995.


METHODS
The methodology is based on a literature review and critical appraisal by a multidisciplinary group of experts who define the CPGsaccording to the definitions of the Standards, Options and Recommendations project. Once the guidelines have been developed, they are reviewed by independent reviewers.


RESULTS
This article presents the updated recommendations for radiotherapeutic management. The main recommendations are: 1) irradiation before or after surgical treatment is the standard for soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity and uterine sarcoma; 2) no systematic irradiation should be done in case of retroperitoneal sarcoma.
Le Péchoux
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Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France.
Pautier
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Delannes
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Bui
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Bonichon
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Bonvalot
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Chevalier-Place
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Coindre
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Le Cesne
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Morice
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Ray-Coquard
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Stöeckle
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Taieb
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D001918:Brachytherapy; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000528:radiation effects* / Q000601:surgery; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000528:radiation effects* / Q000601:surgery; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery