Why the study?
Does radical resection improve long-term survival in patients with malignant sarcoma of the heart?
Population
6 patients (3 male, 3 female) with malignant sarcoma of the heart, mean age 45.8 +/- 20 years.
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
29.6 +/- 36.8 months (alive) / 38 +/- 50.2 months (died)
Authors
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May support radical resection for long-term survival in select cardiac sarcomas; hypothesis-generating due to small sample and metastatic mortality.
Does radical resection improve long-term survival in patients with malignant sarcoma of the heart?
Radical resection of cardiac sarcoma can offer long-term survival in some patients, though distant metastases remain a significant cause of mortality.
Hoffmeier et al. (2004) studied this question.
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