These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Chemotherapy of soft tissue sarcomas in the extremities.
    Author: Sudo A, Fujinami S, Shiokawa Y, Ogihara Y.
    Journal: Jpn J Clin Oncol; 1991 Oct; 21(5):346-52. PubMed ID: 1753415.
    Abstract:
    A retrospective study on chemotherapy against soft-tissue sarcomas in the extremities was carried out on 98 patients. The local recurrence rate was 10.3% with intensive chemotherapy in post-1980 patients with high-grade sarcomas but 46.7% without chemotherapy--a fairly significant difference (P less than 0.01). The survival rate was significantly higher with intensive chemotherapy in post-1980 patients with high-grade sarcomas. Thus, intensive chemotherapy based on a new protocol should be given in cases of high-grade sarcoma. Considering surgical margin, the local recurrence rate was 33.3% in post-1980 cases inadequately operated upon but 8.6% in those adequately operated upon, which shows a significant difference (P less than 0.05).
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]