A matched cohort study of radio-chemotherapy versus radiotherapy alone in soft tissue sarcoma patients.

Daniela GretoMauro LoiFrancesca TerzianiLuca VisaniPietro GarlattiMonica Lo RussoAusilia TeriacaCristina MuntoniCamilla Delli PaoliJuliana TopulliDomenico CampanacciGiovanni BeltramiGuido ScocciantiPierluigi BonomoIsacco DesideriGiulio FrancoliniLorenzo Livi

Published in: La Radiologia medica (2018)

Prospective randomized studies with large size population and with subgroup analysis for histological subtypes are necessary to clarify the role of adjuvant chemotherapy in soft tissue sarcoma patients. Tailored treatment has to be considered in elderly soft tissue patients to guarantee a better outcome in this high risk and fragile population.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
randomized controlled trial
squamous cell carcinoma
early stage
clinical trial
radiation therapy
soft tissue
open label
smoking cessation
replacement therapy
placebo controlled