Prognostication in soft tissue sarcoma.A model with four risk factors

Major wound complication risk factors following soft tissue sarcoma resection.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Wound-healing complications represent an important source of morbidity in patients treated surgically for soft tissue sarcomas (STS). The purpose of this study was to determine which factors are predictive of major wound complication rates following STS resection, including tumor site, size, grade, and depth, as well as radiotherapy and chemotherapy. METHODS We revie...

Necrotising soft tissue infection-risk factors for mortality.

UNLABELLED Necrotising Soft Tissue Infection is a rapidly progressing fatal disorder, the prognosis of which depends on early diagnosis and management. OBJECTIVE In this study, our objective was to assess the factors contributing to mortality due to NSTI. METHODS A retrospective review of the records of all patients with NSTI involving fascia, skin or muscle between January 2007 and Decembe...

Prognostic factors in soft tissue sarcoma

Prognostic Factors in Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Soft tissue sarcoma (STS) represents a heterogeneous group of mesenchymal malignant tumors with variable natural history. This term was first introduced to describe a circumscribed neoplasm consisting of malignant fat cell occurring principally in the trunk (Abernethy, 1817). Nowadays, more than 30 types of STS have been described, and many of these present innumerable subtypes. Despite this wi...

Etiologic factors in soft tissue sarcomas.

Soft tissue sarcomas account for about 1% of all malignancies. The increase in incidence of soft tissue sarcomas during the recent decades may predominantly be attributed to AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma; when this tumor is excluded, conclusive evidence for an age-adjusted increase is lacking. Beside the well investigated role of the human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) and the human herpesvi...