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Subcutaneous sarcoma. A population-based study of 129 patients. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1991 Jul;73(4):662-7
Rydholm A, Gustafson P, Rööser B, Willén H, Berg NO. University Hospital, Lund, Sweden. We reviewed 129 patients with subcutaneous sarcoma diagnosed from 1964 to the end of 1985 in a population-based series of sarcoma cases from southern Sweden. The annual incidence was 0.4 per 100,000, comprising 32% of all soft-tissue sarcomas of the extremities or the trunk wall. Compared to deep-seated sarcomas, subcutaneous tumours were half the size at diagnosis, more common in the lower leg and foot, more often malignant fibrous histiocytoma, and of a lower grade of malignancy. None of the low-grade and only 7% of the high-grade tumours recurred locally after wide local excision without radiotherapy. The cumulative five-year survival for all 129 patients was 80%. Multivariate analysis identified only high grade of malignancy and the size of the tumour (greater than 5 cm) as independent prognostic factors. We conclude that systemic or local adjuvant therapy is not generally indicated for subcutaneous sarcoma because of the good prognosis and low local recurrence rate after wide excision.

Links to Bone Tumor subjects in Wheeless Textbook of Orthopaedics Benign Osteoid osteoma; Osteoblastoma; Osteoma; Osteochondroma; Enchondroma; Periosteal chondroma; Chondroblastoma; Chondromyxoid fibroma; Osteochondroma; Nonossifying fibroma; Desmoplastic fibroma; Fibrous Dysplasia; Eosinophilic granuloma; Aneurysmal bone cyst; Hemangioma; Simple bone cyst; Giant Cell Tumor; Chordoma; Adamantinoma Malignant Classic osteosarcoma; Parosteal osteosarcoma; Periosteal osteosarcoma; Chondrosarcoma; Fibrosarcoma of bone; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (IIb); Ewing's sarcoma; Reticulum cell sarcoma; Angiosarcoma; Multiple Myeloma:

Links to Soft Tissue Tumor subject covered in Wheeless Textbook of Orthopaedics Benign Myositis ossificans; Synovial Chondromatosis; Fibroma; Desmoplastic Fibroma; Fibromatosis; PVS; Hemangioma; Lipoma; Neurolemmoma; Neurofibroma; Neuroblastoma Malignant Extraosseous chondrosarcoma; Fibrosarcoma; Malignant fibrous histiocytoma; Synovial sarcoma; Angiosarcoma; Liposarcoma; Neurosarcoma; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Malignant Melanoma; Squamous Cell Carcinoma; GCT of Tendon Sheath; Epithelioid Sarcoma

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