Histopathologic Type: An Independent Prognostic Factor in Primary Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Extremity?

• Main Authors: KOEA, Jonathan B., LEUNG, Denis H. Y., LEWIS, Jonathan J., BRENNAN, Murray F.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2003
• Subjects: Soft tissue sarcoma; Histopathology; Mortality; Prognostic factors; Econometrics; Medicine and Health Sciences
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/472; https://doi.org/10.1245/ASO.2003.05.014
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We attempted to define the effect of tumor histotype on local recurrence, distant metastasis, and disease-specific survival in patients with surgically treated primary extremity sarcoma. Methods: A total of 951 patients with primary, localized soft tissue extremity sarcoma were followed up prospecti...