Effects of Revision Surgery and Surgical Margins on Outcome of Peripheral Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Experience from a Tertiary Cancer Care Centre.

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of revision surgery, after unplanned excision, on oncological outcome and surgical morbidity in soft tissue sarcomas and also to assess the relation between margin status and oncologic outcome.

Materials And Methods: We undertook a retrospective analysis of prospectively maintained database of 153 patients with peripheral soft tissue sarcomas treated in our institute from 2006-2010.

Results: Postoperatively, 111(72.

Role of diagnostic laparoscopy in assessing operability in borderline resectable gastrointestinal cancers.

Background: Diagnostic laparoscopy helps in diagnosing and staging Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers. Routine laparoscopy before laparotomy, especially in cancers that have equivocal operability, helps to avoid unnecessary laparotomies. Present study evaluates utility of laparoscopy in diagnosing and staging GI cancers.

An unusual lesion on the chest wall.

Osteoradionecrosis is an exceptional complication after the treatment of breast carcinoma. We report here a 63-year-old woman who presented with osteoradionecrosis of the sternum 17 years after initial treatment for breast cancer. Difficulty in diagnosing the lesion and its management is discussed.

Squamous cell carcinoma in epidermolysis bullosa.

Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a group of inherited blistering disorders that are divided into three categories based on the plane of cleavage of the blister, mode of inheritance, and the presence or absence of scars. Squamous cell carcinoma developing in epidermolysis bullosa is rare and presents a therapeutic dilemma. The authors report a case of congenital epidermolysis bullosa with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma.