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Establishment of a Primary Culture of Patient-derived Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Published on: April 11, 2018
[The analysis of different treatment methods for 184 cases of soft tissue sarcoma]
Ying Luo1, Zhang-Ding Chen, Bing-Qiang Hu
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Hunan Cancer Hospital, Changsha 410006, China. chqing@tom.com
Objective:
To study the proper way of using combined postoperative chemo-radiotherapy and prognostic factors of soft tissue sarcoma.
Methods:
The clinical data of 184 patients were retrospectively reviewed. These patients were devided into surgery group (S, 94 patients), surgery plus postoperative radiotherapy group (S + R, 62 patients) and surgery plus chemotherapy group (S + C, 28 patients).
Results:
The 5-year survival rates of S, S + R and S + C groups were 39.4%, 48.4% and 28.6%, respectively. Combined multitherapy was the key to improve survival rate and life quality. Clinical stage, pathological type and therapeutic method were also important prognostic factors for the long term survival.
Conclusion:
Surgery plus postoperative radiotherapy can improve the 5-year survival rate of soft tissue sarcoma.
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