SEOM clinical guidelines for the management of adult soft tissue sarcomas

• Autores: Xavier García del Muro Solans, Javier Martín Broto, Pilar Lianes Barragán, Ricardo Cubedo Cervera
• Localización: Clinical & translational oncology, ISSN 1699-048X, Vol. 14, Nº. 7, 2012, págs. 541-544
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Soft tissue sarcomas are uncommon tumors of mesenchimal cell origin. Criteria for suspicion is a soft tissue mass that is increasing in size, and has a size greater than 5 cm or is located under the deep fascia. Diagnosis and management of these patients should preferably be performed by a specialist multidisciplinary team in a referral center. Assessment of a patient with a suspect of sarcoma should include magnetic resonance and biopsy performed prior to surgery. Primary local therapy for patients with localized sarcoma is based on wide surgical resection with a tumor-free tissue margin, in association in most cases with radiotherapy. Adjuvant chemotherapy constitutes an option that could be considered in high-risk sarcomas of the extremities. When metastasis are present, surgery of pulmonary lesions, in some selected patients, and chemotherapy are current available options.