Do Surgical Margin and Local Recurrence Influence Survival in Soft Tissue Sarcomas?

摘要

Background Established prognostic factors influencing survival in soft tissue sarcomas include tumor stage, histopathologic grade, size, depth, and anatomic site. The presence of tumor near or at the margin of resection increases the risk of local recurrence but whether a positive surgical margin or local recurrence affect overall survival is controversial.