Regional variation in the survival of patients with a soft-tissue sarcoma of the extremity and trunk wall under a centralized care system : what has been the impact of national policies in the UK?

Aims: While a centralized system for the care of patients with a sarcoma has been advocated for decades, regional variations in survival remain unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate regional variations in survival and the impact of national policies in patients with a soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) in the UK.

Methods: The study included 1,775 patients with a STS who were referred to a tertiary sarcoma centre.

Impact of NICE guidelines on the survival of patients with soft-tissue sarcomas.

Aims: Urgent referral to a specialist centre for patients with a soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) has been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK since 2006. However, the impact of this recommendation on the prognosis for these patients remains unclear. We aimed to determine the impact of the NICE guidelines on the disease-specific survival (DSS) of patients with an STS.

Outcome of Ewing's sarcoma of the scapula-a long-term follow-up study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to review our experience of managing Ewing's sarcoma of scapula and to identify features predictive of a good outcome.

Hypothesis: Surgery and neo-adjuvant chemotherapy would have a better survival than surgery alone.

Patients And Methods: Between 1988 and 2018, 29patients, (14females and 15males) were treated at a single hospital: The median age at diagnosis was 17.

Secondary chondrosarcoma arising from osteochondroma: outcomes and prognostic factors.

Aims: The aim of this study was to report the outcomes of patients who underwent definitive surgery for secondary chondrosarcomas arising from osteochondromas.

Patients And Methods: A total of 51 patients with secondary chondrosarcomas occurring from osteochondromas were reviewed. Median age was 36 years (interquartile range (IQR) 15 to 82).

Synovial sarcoma: Do children do better?

Objectives: Synovial sarcoma, a distinct subtype of soft tissue sarcomas (STS), is typically found in young patients. Long history of symptoms and heterogeneous clinical presentation sometimes delays diagnosis. Children have been reported to have a better prognosis than adults in some series.