Inadvertent excision of malignant soft tissue tumours.
EFORT Open Rev
; 4(6): 321-329, 2019 Jun.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31312520
ABSTRACT
Inadvertent excision of lumps which turn out to be sarcomas is not uncommon.Imaging has a limited role in detecting microscopic residual disease but can show the extent of the previous surgical field.Standard treatment is wide re-excision, usually combined with radiotherapy.Residual tumour is found in an average of 50% of reported cases.The presence of residual disease is an adverse prognostic factor.All lumps bigger than a golf ball should have a diagnosis prior to excision. Cite this article EFORT Open Rev 2019;4 DOI 10.1302/2058-5241.4.180060.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
EFORT Open Rev
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United kingdom