title: Role of radiation therapy for non-extremity soft tissue sarcomas.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Negative surgical margins are uncommon for non-extremity soft tissue sarcomas. Radiation therapy is usually recommended to improve local control; however, appropriate RT dosing is challenging due to nearby dose-limiting normal structures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Comprehensive literature search using PubMed (March 2014).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data suggest radiation therapy is an important modality in maximizing local tumor control in non-extremity sarcomas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The literature supports the use of RT to improve local control for non-extremity soft tissue sarcomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: De Amorim Bernstein
authors.forename: Thomas F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Delaney
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000473:pathology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*
keywords: Head and neck sarcomas; abdominal wall sarcomas; chest wall sarcomas; paraspinal sarcomas; retroperitoneal sarcomas