Patient’s quality of life after surgery and radiotherapy for extremity soft tissue sarcoma - a retrospective single-center study over ten years

Autor: Rebekka Götzl, Sebastian Sterzinger, Sabine Semrau, Nikolaos Vassos, Werner Hohenberger, Robert Grützmann, Abbas Agaimy, Andreas Arkudas, Raymund E. Horch, Justus P. Beier
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1477-7525
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-019-1236-4
Popis: Abstract Background and objectives The purpose of this study is to analyze major complication rates and different aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in extremity soft tissue sarcoma (STS) patients treated with or without radio (chemo) therapy and surgery. Methods We performed a retrospective analysis of all patients who underwent Extremity STS excision from 2004 to 2014 (182 patients included). Patients’ data were collected from patients’ records. HRQoL was assessed by using EORTC QLQ-C30. Results A total of 182 patients underwent sarcoma resection. After neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy (RCT), the major-complication rate amounted to 28% (vs. 7%, no radiotherapy, p
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