A new study further supports the use of radiotherapy in the treatment of retroperitoneal sarcoma. The finding comes from two large case-control analyses of 9068 patients with localized primary ...

Impact of subspecialty, clinical volume, and years of practice in selection of treatment sequencing in the management of localized extremity soft tissue sarcoma. Background: The mainstay of treatment ...

Surgical resection remains the cornerstone of retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma (RPS) treatment. Patient- and sarcoma-related factors are well known to influence survival outcomes. The effect of ...

Jackie Garcia from Houston experienced misdiagnoses and weight gain. Doctors initially prescribed weight loss methods. Later, a CT scan revealed retroperitoneal liposarcoma. The tumor weighed nine ...

Nomograms have been constructed to provide patient-specific predictions for overall survival and disease-free survival after resection for patients with primary localized retroperitoneal soft tissue ...

In this video, Chandrajit Raut, MD, MS, discussed results from the first study using a registry trying to “raise the quality of surgery” for retroperitoneal sarcomas, which was presented at the ...

For years, 47-year-old Hector Hernandez was heckled by friends and loved ones about his “beer belly,” despite not being much of a drinker at all. After hitting nearly 300 pounds and noticing his limbs ...

In this week’s episode of the CURE® Talks Cancer podcast, surgical oncologist Dr. Margo Shoup sits down with CURE® to shed some light on retroperitoneal sarcoma and shares her thoughts on what ...

Fragmented care - receiving medical treatment at more than one facility - has been associated with both positive and negative outcomes for cancer patients depending on a number of factors such as ...

AI could be nearly twice as accurate as biopsies at assessing the aggressiveness of some rare types of cancer, a new study suggests. According to researchers this could save the lives of thousands of ...