Why the study?
Does incomplete surgical resection improve disease-specific survival in patients with retroperitoneal liposarcomas compared to exploration or biopsy only?
Population
55 patients with incompletely resected or unresected retroperitoneal liposarcomas, mean age 61, 34 men and…
Comparison
Incomplete surgical resection (partial resection) vs Exploration or biopsy only (unresected)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 12 months (range 1 to 60 months) for survivors
Authors
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May support partial resection for survival in retroperitoneal liposarcomas; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Does incomplete surgical resection improve disease-specific survival in patients with retroperitoneal liposarcomas compared to exploration or biopsy only?
Incomplete surgical resection of retroperitoneal liposarcomas may provide a survival benefit and symptom palliation compared to exploration or biopsy alone, particularly in patients with primary tumors.
Shibata et al. (2001) studied this question.
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