title: [Pediatric soft tissue sarcomas: analysis of non rhabdomyosarcoma group].
abstract: We evaluated 29 patients with non rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas treated with surgery between 2000 and 2010; we analyzed overall survival and which factors affect the prognosis. The mean age was 11.6 years (range 3 months-17 years); 16 patients were males and the median follow-up was 56 months (8 to 132 months). Eight different histological malignant tumors were identified, being synovial sarcoma the most prevalent one (14 patients). Twenty-eight patients were treated with limb salvage surgery and in 26 cases, adjuvant therapy was used. Five years overall survival was 72%. Nine of the 29 patients presented a local recurrence. The presence of metastases (p <0.0001) and local recurrence (p <0.007) were negative prognostic factors for overall survival.
authors.affiliation: Ortopedia y Traumatología, Sector de Ortopedia Oncológica y Trasplantes Óseos, Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Germán Luis
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Farfalli
authors.affiliation: Ortopedia y Traumatología, Sector de Ortopedia Oncológica y Trasplantes Óseos, Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Angeles
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iriberry
authors.affiliation: Ortopedia y Traumatología, Sector de Ortopedia Oncológica y Trasplantes Óseos, Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: José Ignacio
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Albergó
authors.affiliation: Ortopedia y Traumatología, Sector de Ortopedia Oncológica y Trasplantes Óseos, Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Miguel Ángel
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: Ayerza
authors.affiliation: Ortopedia y Traumatología, Sector de Ortopedia Oncológica y Trasplantes Óseos, Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Domingo Luis
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Muscolo
authors.affiliation: Ortopedia y Traumatología, Sector de Ortopedia Oncológica y Trasplantes Óseos, Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Luis Alberto
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Aponte-Tinao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate