Regional chemotherapy by isolated limb perfusion prior to surgery compared with surgery and post-operative radiotherapy for primary, locally advanced extremity sarcoma: a comparison of matched cohorts.
Jens JakobHenry G SmithMichelle J WilkinsonTim PencavelAisha B MiahJoseph M ThomasPer-Ulf TunnLothar R PilzDirk C StraussPeter HohenbergerAndrew J HayesPublished in: Clinical sarcoma research (2018)
In comparative cohorts, the outcomes of patients undergoing induction ILP prior to surgery did not differ from those undergoing standard management, although induction ILP was associated with a reduced need for adjuvant radiation.
Keyphrases
- locally advanced
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- patients undergoing
- early stage
- squamous cell carcinoma
- rectal cancer
- surgical site infection
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- radiation induced
- phase ii study
- type diabetes
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- lymph node
- contrast enhanced
- atrial fibrillation