Why the study?
What are the long-term outcomes and prognostic factors for patients with localized synovial sarcoma?
Population
92 patients treated for nonmetastatic synovial sarcoma at the University of Florida from 1967 to 2007.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 12.5 years
Authors
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Tumor size informs prognosis in localized synovial sarcoma; leaves open effective strategies to mitigate distant metastasis risk.
What are the long-term outcomes and prognostic factors for patients with localized synovial sarcoma?
In patients with localized synovial sarcoma, selectively adding radiotherapy to surgery results in excellent local control, but distant metastasis remains the principal factor limiting survival and is related to primary tumor size.
Shi et al. (2012) studied this question.
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