Does Resection of the Primary Tumor Improve Survival in Patients With Metastatic Chondrosarcoma?
CONCLUSIONS: The present study demonstrates a possible favorable association between primary tumor resection and survival in some patients with metastatic chondrosarcoma at initial diagnosis. Specifically, patients with conventional subtypes and Grade II malignancies who underwent primary tumor resection had better survival compared with those patients who did not have primary tumor resection. Thus, there might be a benefit from primary tumor resection in these patients, but given the limitations of this database, further prospective studies or randomized trials are needed to confirm our findings. In the meantime, this information might be helpful to consider when discussing surgical options with patients who have conventional, Grade 2 metastatic chondrosarcoma at diagnosis.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, therapeutic study.
PMID: 30762691 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Song K, Song J, Chen F, Lin K, Ma X, Jiang J Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research
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