Analysis of Staging and Management of Patients with Sarcoma

Abstract

Over 10 yr, 70 patients with soft tissue sarcoma were treated for their primary tumors. The clinical characteristics of these tumors are correlated with the outcome of various management efforts. The results of these evaluations identify 3 groups that can provide the basis for future treatment decisions and stratification for randomized studies of management options. The 1st group of patients, those with small, well-differentiated tumors, have no systemic spread regardless of the treatment modality used. The 2nd group, those with large (> 5 cm) tumors that are moderately or poorly differentiated, do uniformly poorly despite the management techniques used. An intermediate group, those with high grade or large size, but not both, have outcomes which may be corrected to treatment modalities.