[Treatment Strategy for Soft Tissue Sarcomas]

Surgical excision is the most reliable treatment for the localized soft tissue sarcoma, and chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy may be recommended as adjuvant therapy, depending on the histologic type, grading, tumor size and location. For the unresectable tumors, radiation therapy including particle beam radiation therapy may be taken into consideration. For the recurrent or metastatic disease, the combination therapy with chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgical excision may be indicated to improve the patient's prognosis and QOL.