title: Current update on the diagnosis and management of head and neck soft tissue sarcomas.
abstract: Head and neck soft tissue sarcomas are a group of rare heterogeneous tumours arising from embryonic mesoderm. They comprise <1% of all head and neck malignancies and 5-15% of all sarcomas with most head and neck sarcomas arising from soft tissues. Although rare, they are associated with both high recurrence and mortality rates. We review the current management of head and neck soft tissue sarcomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK.|Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6084-8885
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tudor-Green
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Brennan
mesh_terms: D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: head and neck; management; sarcoma; soft tissue; surgery