title: Sarcomas of the fallopian tube: disentangling a rare entity.
abstract: Sarcomas of the fallopian tube are exceedingly rare malignancies. They have been considered the most lethal of all gynaecological malignancies with high metastatic potential, frequent recurrences and cancer-related deaths. The reported pathological types of the fallopian tube sarcomas are malignant mixed mullerian (mesodermal) tumours or carcinosarcomas, leiomyosarcomas, rhabdomyosarcomas, liposarcomas, and synovial sarcomas. The rarity of these sarcomas and their often aggressive clinical course has resulted in a relatively limited amount of literature. Thus a single hospital or specialist cannot gain sufficient experience with these tumours. This review article tries to elucidate this uncommon malignancy, in a systematic way, focusing on the different pathological types, epidemiology, risk factors, diagnosis, survival, and different therapeutic modalities (surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy).
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Flora
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zagouri
authors.forename: Meletios-Athanassios
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Dimopoulos
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Thomakos
authors.forename: Dimosthenis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chrysikos
authors.forename: Christos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Papadimitriou
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005185:Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*