CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 23, 266-268, Copyright
© 1973 by American Cancer Society
Soft Tissue Sarcomas
An Outline Guide to Management
Tapas K. Das Gupta M.D., Ph.D.1
1 Professor of Surgery and Head, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Illinois, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Any patient with a suspected soft tissue sarcoma should have a proper histologic diagnosis. Based on this diagnosis and the location of the tumor, a proper therapeutic approach is mapped out. Although radiation therapy plays some role in management, aggressive operative therapy still remains the primary therapy of choice for most patients with soft tissue sarcomas.