[Conservative loco-regional treatment of soft tissue sarcoma in adults after induction chemotherapy]. / Traitement loco-régional conservateur des sarcomes des tissus mous chez l'adulte après chimiothérapie d'induction.
Presse Med
; 14(19): 1069-72, 1985 May 11.
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| ID: mdl-3158961
ABSTRACT
Between June, 1979 and December, 1983, 23 adult patients with non-metastatic soft tissue sarcoma were treated with induction chemotherapy since local spread precluded primary conservative surgery. Eighteen patients received a combined cyclophosphamide, vincristine, adriamycin and dacarbazine treatment and 5, a combined adriamycin, cis-platinum and vindesine treatment. Both drug combinations exhibited toxic effects, notably on blood and digestive tract. However, tumoral volume was reduced by 50 p. cent or more in 14/23 patients, including 2 complete remissions; the course of the disease remained unchanged under treatment in only 3 cases. Chemotherapy facilitated surgical excision in 14 patients, and subsequent radiotherapy resulted in complete remission in 13 of these. None of the 13 patients relapsed during a mean follow-up period of 12 months (range 3 to 48 months). Among the 9 patients who could not be operated upon, 5 benefited from radiotherapy with satisfactory local control, but only one still remains in complete remission. Thus, induction chemotherapy made it possible to achieve local control in two-thirds of patients with locally advanced sarcoma. However, a more prolonged follow-up is necessary to confirm that these results are long-lasting and to determine the effects of chemotherapy, if any, on the metastatic potential of these tumours.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Sarcoma
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Neoplasias de Tecidos Moles
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Fr
Ano de publicação:
1985
Tipo de documento:
Article