Multidisciplinary management of metastatic sarcoma.
Soft tissue sarcomas comprise a heterogeneous group of malignancies of mesenchymal origin. Although sarcomas can arise virtually anywhere, the most common primary site is the extremity. The development of metastatic disease poses a major clinical problem because it is seldom amenable to a curative treatment. However, with careful and expert multidisciplinary team selection of patients with metastatic sarcoma-balancing probability of benefit with certain toxicity-a combined multimodality approach may provide hope to a select few for prolonged survival and even cure.
Department of Medical Oncology, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA. kthornt2@jhmi.edu
Katherine
K
Thornton
Catherine E
CE
Pesce
Michael A
MA
Choti
D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007069:Ifosfamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D015080:Mesna / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; D003606:Dacarbazine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D015080:Mesna; D007069:Ifosfamide