July 1, 1995The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
A Clinicopathologic Study of 28 Cases
Population
28 patients with anterior mediastinal liposarcoma (16 males, 12 females, mean age 43 years)
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
mean survival 2.6 years for deceased, 2 years for alive
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Substantial recurrence risk warrants extended surveillance after resection; leaves open metastatic potential and optimal management in larger cohorts.
Structured PICO
P
Population
28 patients with anterior mediastinal liposarcoma (16 males, 12 females, mean age 43 years)
O
Outcome
Recurrence and survivalhard clinical
Anterior mediastinal liposarcomas are predominantly low-grade tumors with a significant recurrence rate but no observed metastases.
Cite This Study
Klimstra et al. (1995) studied this question.