October 1, 2008Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy
Management of primary cardiac sarcomas
Key result
Surgical resection provides excellent local control for primary cardiac sarcomas, but long-term survival remains poor due to metastatic recurrence, necessitating improved systemic therapies.
Population
Patients with primary cardiac sarcomas
Design
Review
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Discussion
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Implication
Surgery secures local control in cardiac sarcomas; leaves open effective systemic therapies to improve survival.
Structured PICO
P
Population
Patients with primary cardiac sarcomas
I
Intervention
Multimodality treatment including surgery (e.g., cardiac autotransplantation), chemotherapy, and radiation therapy
While surgery, including cardiac autotransplantation, offers excellent local control for cardiac sarcomas, long-term survival depends on the development of novel systemic therapies to prevent metastatic recurrence.
Cite This Study
Blackmon et al. (2008) conducted a review in Primary cardiac sarcomas. Surgical resection and adjuvant/neoadjuvant therapy was evaluated. Surgical resection provides excellent local control for primary cardiac sarcomas, but long-term survival remains poor due to metastatic recurrence, necessitating improved systemic therapies.