title: Chest wall sarcomas and induction therapy.
abstract: Chest wall sarcomas are uncommon tumors. The best patient outcomes likely result from a formalized multidisciplinary treatment plan in a specialized center. No clear guidelines exist to determine whether patients with chest wall sarcomas benefit from preoperative adjuvant therapy. Most decisions are made on a case-by-case basis with little available evidence. It is unclear whether established guidelines for the more commonly occurring extremity sarcomas can be appropriately extrapolated to the care of patients with chest wall disease. The single most important factor in local control and long-term survival is a wide, complete, R0 resection.
authors: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. john.kucharczuk@uphs.upenn.edu
authors: John C
authors: JC
authors: Kucharczuk
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000628:therapy*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D035441:Thoracic Wall