[Oncologic therapy of soft tissue sarcoma]

Surgery with a margin of resection is the only curative form of treatment of soft tissue sarcoma. The combination of surgery and radiotherapy can, however, be used to lower the risk of local recurrence, if wide margins are not achieved e.g. in order to preserve the function of a limb. By using combination chemotherapy, disease recurrence can in the highest-risk patients be decreased to some extent. Radiotherapy provides palliative relief from a number of the patient's symptoms. The diagnosis and treatment of soft tissue sarcoma require an early participation of a multidisciplinary team familiarized with these rare tumors.