SEOM clinical guidelines for the management of adult soft tissue sarcomas

Clin Transl Oncol. 2012 Jul;14(7):541-4. doi: 10.1007/s12094-012-0838-7.

Abstract

Soft tissue sarcomas are uncommon tumors of mesenchimal cell origin. Criteria for suspicion is a soft tissue mass that is increasing in size, and has a size greater than 5 cm or is located under the deep fascia. Diagnosis and management of these patients should preferably be performed by a specialist multidisciplinary team in a referral center. Assessment of a patient with a suspect of sarcoma should include magnetic resonance and biopsy performed prior to surgery. Primary local therapy for patients with localized sarcoma is based on wide surgical resection with a tumor-free tissue margin, in association in most cases with radiotherapy. Adjuvant chemotherapy constitutes an option that could be considered in high-risk sarcomas of the extremities. When metastasis are present, surgery of pulmonary lesions, in some selected patients, and chemotherapy are current available options.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Algorithms
  • Decision Trees
  • Humans
  • Medical Oncology / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Neoplasm Staging / methods
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Sarcoma / diagnosis
  • Sarcoma / pathology
  • Sarcoma / therapy*
  • Spain