Is There a Role for Incomplete Resection in the Management of Retroperitoneal Liposarcomas?

• Main Authors: Shibata, D., Lewis, J. J., Leung, Denis H. Y., Brennan, M. F.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2001
• Subjects: Econometrics; Medicine and Health Sciences
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/475
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Complete surgical resection is the most effective modality for the treatment of retroperitoneal sarcomas. Previous studies of all types of retroperitoneal sarcomas have not shown a survival benefit of incomplete resection over no resection. Because death often occurs as a result of local progression...