Local treatment in initially unresected non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft-tissue sarcomas of children and adolescents: A retrospective single-center experience.
Pediatr Blood Cancer
; 71(4): e30901, 2024 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Pediatric non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft-tissue sarcomas (NRSTS) are a heterogeneous group of aggressive tumors. Patients with locally advanced/initially unresected disease represent a subset of patients with unsatisfactoryoutcome:
limited data are available on the best treatment approach, in particular regarding local therapy.METHODS:
This retrospective analysis concerned 71 patients < 21 years old with nonmetastatic, initially unresected adult-type NRSTS, treated at a referral center for pediatric sarcomas from 1990 to 2021. Patients were treated using a multimodal approach, based on the protocols adopted at the time of their diagnosis.RESULTS:
The series included a selected group of patients with unfavorable clinical characteristics, i.e., most cases had high-grade and large tumors, arising from axial sites in 61% of cases. All patients received neoadjuvant chemotherapy, 58 (82%) had delayed surgery (R0 in 45 cases), and 50 (70%) had radiotherapy. Partial response to chemotherapy was observed in 46% of cases. With a median follow-up of 152 months (range, 18-233), 5-year event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) were 39.9% and 56.5%, respectively. Survival was significantly better for patients who responded to chemotherapy, and those who had a delayed R0 resection. Local relapse at 5 years was 7.7% for patients who did not undergo delayed surgery.CONCLUSIONS:
Our series underscores the unsatisfactory outcome of initially unresected NRSTS patients. Improving the outcome of this patient category requires therapeutic strategies able to combine novel effective systemic therapies with a better-defined local treatment approach to offer patients the best chances to have R0 surgery.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Rabdomiosarcoma
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Sarcoma
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Neoplasias de los Tejidos Blandos
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Humans
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En
Año:
2024
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Article