Small Soft Tissue Sarcomas Do Metastasize: Identification of High-Risk Tumors.

Summary, in English

Small (≤ 5 cm) soft tissue sarcomas (STS) of the extremities and the trunk wall generally have a favorable prognosis. However, 1 of 10 patients do develop metastases, and we therefore aimed to determine predictors of metastasis in a population-based cohort of patients with small STSs.

• Author: Emelie Styring; Linda Werner Hartman; Mef Nilbert; Pehr Rissler; Anders Rydholm; Fredrik Vult von Steyern
• Department/s: Breastcancer-genetics; Orthopaedics (Lund); Medical oncology; BioCARE: Biomarkers in Cancer Medicine improving Health Care, Education and Innovation; Tumor microenvironment; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publishing year: 2014
• Language: English
• Pages: 4020-4025
• Publication/Series: Annals of Surgical Oncology
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 12
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24903235?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1245/s10434-014-3806-3
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Springer
• Topic: Cancer and Oncology
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1534-4681