title: Management of primary pulmonary artery sarcomas.
abstract: The objective of this review is to determine the outcome of patients with sarcomas involving the main pulmonary artery, pulmonic valve, or right ventricular outflow tract. Survival data were analyzed using an aggregate series derived from the published literature in conjunction with a current series. Median survival was 36.5 +/- 20.2 months for patients undergoing an attempt at curative resection compared with 11 +/- 3 months for those undergoing incomplete resection. Median survival was 24.7 +/- 8.5 months for patients undergoing multimodality treatment compared with 8.0 +/- 1.7 months for patients having single-modality therapy. A complete review of diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, and surveillance of primary pulmonary artery sarcomas follows.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Methodist Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA. shblackmon@tmhs.org
authors.forename: Shanda H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Blackmon
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: Arlene M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Correa
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mehran
authors.forename: Joe B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Putnam
authors.forename: W Roy
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Smythe
authors.forename: Jon-Cecil
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Walkes
authors.forename: Garrett L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Cesar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.forename: Harsh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Ara A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Vaporciyan
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reardon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult