A new study further supports the use of radiotherapy in the treatment of retroperitoneal sarcoma. The finding comes from two large case-control analyses of 9068 patients with localized primary ...

Surgical resection remains the cornerstone of retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma (RPS) treatment. Patient- and sarcoma-related factors are well known to influence survival outcomes. The effect of ...

Assessment of early response to imatinib 800 mg after 400 mg progression by 18f-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in patients with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor. Background: ...

Soft tissue sarcomas are rare solid tumors that are being increasingly classified and treated by subtype. Approximately 12,020 people will be diagnosed with a soft tissue sarcoma in the United States ...

Fragmented care - receiving medical treatment at more than one facility - has been associated with both positive and negative outcomes for cancer patients depending on a number of factors such as ...

Fragmented care — receiving medical treatment at more than one facility — has been associated with both positive and negative outcomes for cancer patients depending on a number of factors such as ...

Only one retroperitoneal sarcoma (RPS) patient out of 22 achieved meaningful tumor shrinkage with pre-surgical radiation, while over 75% of the sample saw no significant change and 18% experienced ...

In this video, Chandrajit Raut, MD, MS, discussed results from the first study using a registry trying to “raise the quality of surgery” for retroperitoneal sarcomas, which was presented at the ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Physicians from four medical centers recently published data this month from an initial six patients implanted with CivaSheet® to treat retroperitoneal ...

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