Background: Soft tissue sarcomas of the extremities (E-STS) are rare and heterogeneous. Treatment combines surgery with preoperative or postoperative radiotherapy (RT) for deep, large, or high-grade tumors. We evaluate the effectiveness and toxicity in E-STS patients treated at our institution from 2015 to 2021.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The prognosis for patients with relapse of localized rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) remains poor, with limited evidence for optimal second-line therapy. This study describes the management and outcomes of relapsed RMS patients in France.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all nonmetastatic RMS patients enrolled in France in the RMS 2005 study who relapsed between 2006 and 2019 after achieving complete local control, defined as complete remission or stable residue ≥ 6 months after treatment completion.
Background: The aim of this study was to assess the clinical impact of indeterminate pulmonary nodules (no more than four pulmonary nodules of less than 5 mm or one nodule measuring between 5 and less than 10 mm by computed tomography [CT]) in children and adolescents with adult-type non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma (NRSTS) at diagnosis.
Methods: Patients with NRSTS treated in 11 centers as part of the European paediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma Study Group (EpSSG) were retrospectively assessed. Local radiologists, blinded to clinical information except for patients' age and tumor histotype, reviewed the chest CT at diagnosis and filled out a case report form.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for radiotherapy is often based on 3D acquisitions, but suffers from low signal-to-noise ratio due to immobilization device and flexible coil use. The aim of this study was to investigate if Compressed Sensing (CS) improves image quality for 3D Turbo Spin Echo acquisitions compared with Controlled Aliasing k-space-based parallel imaging in equivalent acquisition time for intracranial T1, T2-Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery (FLAIR) and pelvic T2 imaging. Qualitative ratings suffered from large inter-rater variability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Complete surgical resection constitutes the mainstay of treatment for locally aggressive, rarely metastazing tumor and low-grade soft tissue sarcomas (LAS). Local relapse is the most common tumor event, especially in the presence of positive margins (R1 margins). The aims of this study are to assess the impact of the national network on patient care and to evaluate the role of immediate re-excision in children, adolescents and young adults with incompletely resected LAS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBuruli ulcer (BU), the third most frequent mycobacteriosis worldwide, is a neglected tropical disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. We report the clinical description and extensive genetic analysis of a consanguineous family from Benin comprising two cases of unusually severe non-ulcerative BU. The index case was the most severe of over 2,000 BU cases treated at the Centre de Dépistage et de Traitement de la Lèpre et de l'Ulcère de Buruli, Pobe, Benin, since its opening in 2003.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDesmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) is a rare sarcoma that typically affects pediatric and young adult patients with a median age in the general and in the pediatric population of 24.6 years (range 4-58 years) and 15.0 years (range 0-21 years) respectively, with a strong male predominance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Steatosis assessed by histology is commonly considered to be a significant risk factor for liver surgery. MRI is considered as the new gold standard for noninvasive liver fat quantification. The purpose was to assess whether liver steatosis determined by preoperative MRI is an independent risk factor of complications after major liver resection.
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