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[Retroperitoneal sarcomas]
A Martín-Marquina Aspiunza1, G Sanz Pérez, F Díez-Caballero Alonso
1Servicio de Urología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Navarra.
Actas Urologicas Espanolas
|March 12, 1998
Abstract:
Presentation of 11 cases of retroperitoneal sarcoma. Mean time from the beginning of symptoms to diagnosis is 6 months. The primary complementary study is CT. Surgery was performed in all cases, using complete resection in 6 cases, and partial resection in 5. Ten patients relapsed. 9 of which were treated with surgical rescue, in one or more occasions; chemotherapy was added in 6 cases and radiotherapy in 7. Survival at five years is 68%, with a mean follow-up of 66 months.