Brain, the last fortress of sarcoma: Similar dismal outcome but discrepancy of timing of brain metastasis in bone and soft tissue sarcoma

• Published in: Journal of surgical oncology Vol. 104; no. 7; pp. 765 - 770
• Main Authors: Chou, Yi-Sheng, Liu, Chun-Yu, Chen, Wei-Ming, Chen, Tain-Hsiung, Chen, Paul Chih-Hsueh, Wu, Hung-Ta Hondar, Shiau, Cheng-Ying, Wu, Yu-Chung, Liu, Chien-Lin, Chao, Ta-Chung, Tzeng, Cheng-Hwai, Wong, Tai-Tong, Yen, Chueh-Chuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.12.2011; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; alveolar soft part sarcoma; Bone Neoplasms - epidemiology; Bone Neoplasms - pathology; brain metastasis; Brain Neoplasms - epidemiology; Brain Neoplasms - pathology; Brain Neoplasms - secondary; Brain Neoplasms - therapy; Female; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; osteosarcoma; Osteosarcoma - epidemiology; Osteosarcoma - pathology; Osteosarcoma - secondary; Osteosarcoma - therapy; Prognosis; Risk Factors; Sarcoma - epidemiology; Sarcoma - pathology; Sarcoma - secondary; Sarcoma - therapy; Sarcoma, Alveolar Soft Part - epidemiology; Sarcoma, Alveolar Soft Part - pathology; Sarcoma, Alveolar Soft Part - secondary; Sarcoma, Alveolar Soft Part - therapy; Soft Tissue Neoplasms - epidemiology; Soft Tissue Neoplasms - pathology; soft tissue sarcoma; Survival Analysis; Taiwan - epidemiology; Taiwan

Background and Objective Brain metastasis is a rare but dismal event in sarcomas. However, the pattern of occurrence and the prognostic factors associated with post‐brain metastasis survival (PBMS) are not yet well‐characterized. Methods Sarcoma patients treated at one institute within 10‐year perio...