Palliative surgery of soft tissue sarcoma

• Published in: Surgical oncology clinics of North America Vol. 13; no. 3; p. 531
• Main Authors: Sheldon, David G, James, Ted A, Kraybill, William G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2004
• Subjects: Amputation - methods; Female; Humans; Male; Pain, Intractable - diagnosis; Pain, Intractable - therapy; Palliative Care - methods; Patient Selection; Peritoneal Neoplasms - mortality; Peritoneal Neoplasms - pathology; Peritoneal Neoplasms - surgery; Quality of Life; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Risk Assessment; Sarcoma - mortality; Sarcoma - pathology; Sarcoma - surgery; Soft Tissue Neoplasms - mortality; Soft Tissue Neoplasms - pathology; Soft Tissue Neoplasms - surgery; Survival Analysis; Terminally Ill; Treatment Outcome

Despite an increasing trend towards early diagnosis of breast cancer,patients still present with locally advanced disease. Also, in some patients chemotherapy will fail, and local and regional recurrence will occur. This article outlines options for palliative care for such patients.