Radiotherapy for Management of Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Why, When, and Where?

This critical review will focus on published data on the indications for radiotherapy in patients with extremity soft tissue sarcomas and its role in local control, survival, and treatment complications. The differences between pre- and postoperative radiotherapy will be discussed and consensus reco...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics biology, physics, 2012-11, Vol.84 (3), p.572-580
Hauptverfasser:	Haas, Rick L.M., MD, PhD, DeLaney, Thomas F., MD, PhD, O’Sullivan, Brian, MD, PhD, Keus, Ronald B., MD, Le Pechoux, Cécile, MD, PhD, Olmi, Patricia, MD, PhD, Poulsen, Jan-Peter, MD, PhD, Seddon, Beatrice, MD, PhD, Wang, Dian, MD, PhD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Consensus CONTROL Dermatology Extremities Fractures, Bone - etiology Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine Humans Medical sciences Organ Sparing Treatments Patient Positioning PATIENTS Postoperative Care Postoperative Complications - etiology Practice Guidelines as Topic Preoperative Period Radiation Injuries - complications Radiation Injuries - prevention & control Radiology RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE RADIOTHERAPY Radiotherapy Dosage Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted Radiotherapy, Adjuvant RECOMMENDATIONS Sarcoma - mortality Sarcoma - pathology Sarcoma - radiotherapy Sarcoma - surgery SARCOMAS Soft tissue sarcoma Target volume delineation Tumor Burden Tumors of the skin and soft tissue. Premalignant lesions
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Zusammenfassung:	This critical review will focus on published data on the indications for radiotherapy in patients with extremity soft tissue sarcomas and its role in local control, survival, and treatment complications. The differences between pre- and postoperative radiotherapy will be discussed and consensus recommendations on target volume delineation proposed.
ISSN:	0360-3016 1879-355X
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.062