According to new research, radiation therapy administered before surgery rarely produces favorable responses in patients with ...

A new study further supports the use of radiotherapy in the treatment of retroperitoneal sarcoma. The finding comes from two large case-control analyses of 9068 patients with localized primary ...

Patients often don't realize they have RPS until the disease has reached an advanced stage. As a result of delayed diagnosis, surgery is the primary treatment, and these operations can be highly ...

Fragmented care - receiving medical treatment at more than one facility - has been associated with both positive and negative outcomes for cancer patients depending on a number of factors such as ...

Fragmented care — receiving medical treatment at more than one facility — has been associated with both positive and negative outcomes for cancer patients depending on a number of factors such as ...

A total of 382 patients with primary RPS were analyzed. Sixty-five patients had a simple resection of the tumor, 120 patients had a complete compartmental resection (systematic resection of ...

For patients with recurrent retroperitoneal sarcomas that cannot be treated surgically, treatment choices are limited. These tumors can grow quite large in the abdomen adjacent to vital organs or ...

Sarcomas are tumors that form in the body’s connective tissues such as bone, muscle and fat. They are rare and, because there are more than 150 types, patients benefit from seeing a sarcoma specialist ...