Intra-arterial adriamycin, conventionally fractionated radiotherapy and conservative surgery for soft tissue sarcomas
| Autor: | Mark Mason, M. Robinson, Clive Harmer, G. Westbury |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Necrosis Fractionated radiotherapy medicine.medical_treatment Pilot Projects Soft Tissue Neoplasms Median follow-up medicine.artery Preoperative Care Intra arterial medicine Humans Surgical Wound Infection Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Angiosarcoma Brachial artery Aged Wound Healing business.industry Soft tissue Sarcoma Thrombosis Middle Aged Combined Modality Therapy Surgery Radiation therapy Oncology Injections Intra-Arterial Doxorubicin Erythema medicine.symptom Neoplasm Recurrence Local business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)). 4(1) |
| ISSN: | 0936-6555 |
| Popis: | Thirteen patients with soft tissue sarcomas were treated with a combination of intra-arterial Adriamycin, conventionally fractionated radiotherapy (2 Gy per day), and conservative surgery (trimodal therapy). Severe acute complications occurred in 10 patients: 3 brachial artery thromboses, 6 delayed wound healing, 4 wound infections, and 3 cases of necrosis of the skin plus subcutaneous tissues. Three patients have developed local recurrence. Five patients are alive, 4 of whom are disease-free, and the median follow up time of surviving patients is 56 months. One has significant impairment of limb function due to joint ankylosis. An additional 2 patients were treated with intra-arterial Adriamycin and conservative surgery for local recurrence after previous surgery and radiotherapy; both died of subsequent metastatic disease, one having a further local recurrence. One patient with multifocal angiosarcoma was treated with intra-arterial Adriamycin and radiotherapy but no surgery, and is alive free of disease 49 months later. The combination of radiotherapy and intra-arterial Adriamycin with surgery resulted in significant acute toxicity. This small study has not demonstrated any improvement in local control compared with that expected with conservative surgery and radiotherapy alone. |
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