Conformity to Clinical Practice Guidelines at Initial Management in Adult Soft Tissue and Visceral Tumors since the Implementation of the NetSarc Network in Eastern France
Conclusion.Initial diagnostic management requires improvement, especially outside of specialized centers.Implications for Practice.This article supports the essential need to refer patients with soft tissue tumors to specialized centers to improve the management of sarcomas beginning at the diagnostic phase. Indeed, the reported data were very similar to those already described at the national level of the NetSarc network and indicate the necessity to keep raising awareness about this simple issue: early referral to reference centers will save lives.
Source: The Oncologist - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Justine Gantzer, Antonio Di Marco, Thibaut Fabacher, Noelle Weingertner, Jean-Baptiste Delhorme, David Brinkert, Guillaume Bierry, Jean-Pierre Ghnassia, Jeremie Jegu, Jean-Emmanuel Kurtz Tags: Sarcomas Source Type: research