Retroperitoneal sarcoma

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled “Prognostic factors of retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcomas.” (Chin Med J (Engl). 2007 Jun 20;120(12):1047-50). Authors are Chen CQ, Yin L, Peng CH, et al., from the Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai, China. Retroperitoneal sarcoma is a rare disease with poor prognosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic factors of the disease. Between January 1988 and December 2003, 132 patients with retroperitoneal sarcoma received sergical treatment. Their clinicopathological data including tumor size, histological subtype, grade and resection margin status were studied. The Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test were used to analyze the disease-specific survival rates after the resection. Completeness of resection, tumor volume, grade, and subtype are prognostic factors of retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcomas. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.